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Journalist in Sweden spied on by Turkish intelligence, private photos leaked to gov’t media
The authoritarian regime of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ran surveillance on a critical journalist who lives in Sweden, published secretly taken photos of him and revealed his home address as part of an ongoing campaign of harassment and intimidation.
- Nordic Monitor
The surveillance photos and private information about Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt, who lives in Stockholm, was leaked to the Sabah newspaper, a government mouthpiece owned and operated by President Erdoğan’s family.
The article, full of defamation, smears, lies and slander, described the daily routine of the journalist, who was apparently tracked by agents of…