Thursday, November 5, 2026

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Security

Security policy, counter-terrorism, intelligence and defence in Europe and Turkey, from the individual’s sense of security to the strategies of states.

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Portrait · Security

From Istanbul to the Top of German Intelligence

Istanbul-born Sinan Selen has become the first person with a migrant background to head Germany’s domestic intelligence service, the BfV. The appointment drew different reactions in Germany, in Europe, in Turkey and in the diaspora.

Erdal Turna · 8 October 2025 · 11 min read

A German Spy in Ankara

A gravestone in Munich bears the name “Cicero”. The novel-like life of İlyas Bazna, who, as the British ambassador’s valet during the Second World War, sold the Allies’ most secret documents to the Germans.

Ali Çağlar · 6 March 2024 · 7 min read

Is Nuri Gökhan Bozkır a Black Box?

Expulsion from the Special Forces, Syria with the FSA, a truck loaded with explosives and an arms company in Ukraine. Could Nuri Gökhan Bozkır’s dark past be the key to many secrets?

Sezai Akyüz · 4 February 2022 · 6 min read