Special Reports

Pırıl Pırıl Bir Başkaldırı

Direk dansı İstanbul’da hem feminist direnişin hem de dayanışmanın beklenmedik bir sahnesine dönüşüyor.

Şebnem Arsu, Zeynep Şentek | 07 December 2025

Grit and Glitter

Istanbul’s vibrant pole dancing community is defying societal constraints – and finding sisterhood.

Şebnem Arsu, Zeynep Şentek | 05 December 2025

Nijerya'daki Türk Taş Ocakları Kural Tanımıyor

Nijerya’da Türklere ait taş ocaklarının yakınında yaşayan halk bitmek bilmeyen patlamalar, her an düşebilecek kaya parçaları ve nefes aldırmayan bir toz içinde yaşam mücadelesi veriyor.

Justice Nwafor⁩, ⁨Christine Ro⁩, Cemre Demircioğlu, Craig Shaw | 04 September 2025

UK-Turkish mining firms having a blast in Nigeria

Residents living beside Turkish-run quarries say they are under constant siege from falling chunks of rock, relentless dust, and deafening explosions that can strike at any hour.

Justice Nwafor⁩, ⁨Christine Ro⁩, Cemre Demircioğlu, Craig Shaw | 01 September 2025

Aralık 2023'te Suriyeli mültecileri taşıyan dört tekne Lübnan'ın Trablus kenti yakınlarından yola çıktı, teknelerin sadece üçü Kıbrıs'a ulaşabildi. Dördüncü teknede bulunan 35'i çocuk 85 yolcunun akıbeti, Akdeniz kıyılarına vuran cesetlere …

Craig Shaw, Cemre Demircioğlu, Vedat Örüç, Jana Barakat | 04 August 2025

Küresel kokain ticaretinin merkezinde Türkler var

Son yıllarda Akdeniz'e “drop-off” yöntemiyle bırakılan tonlarca kokain, Türk mafyası ile Kolombiyalılar, Arnavutlar ve İtalyanlar arasında ortaya çıkan yeni bir ticari ittifakın varlığını ortaya koyuyor.

Cecilia Anesi, Zeynep Şentek | 24 July 2025

Turkey's Escobar key to new cocaine drop-offs

Tonnes of cocaine “drop-offs” in the Mediterranean in recent years reveal an emerging business alliance between the Turkish mafia and the Colombians, Albanians, and Italians.

Cecilia Anesi, Zeynep Şentek | 24 July 2025

The Lost Boat

In December 2023, four boats of Syrian refugees set out from Tripoli, Lebanon. Only three made it to Cyprus. The fate of the fourth boat and its 85 passengers, including …

Craig Shaw, Cemre Demircioğlu, Vedat Örüç, Jana Barakat | 14 July 2025

Yirmi yıllık kin: Bir "savaş suçu" hikayesi

Bir IŞİD infazı. Avrupa vizesi vaatleri. Çelişkili ifadeler. İsveç’te çuvallayan bir evrensel yargı davası. The Black Sea, Uluslararası Adalet ve Hesap Verebilirlik Komisyonu’nun (CIJA) savaş suçları kovuşturmalarındaki yükselişini ve rolünü …

Craig Shaw, Cemre Demircioğlu | 23 November 2024

The Grudge

An ISIS execution. Visas to Europe. Conflicting testimonies. A failed universal jurisdiction case in Sweden. The Black Sea investigates the rise and role of the Commission for International Justice and …

Craig Shaw, Cemre Demircioğlu | 01 November 2024

New “dark fleet” smuggling diesel in the Mediterranean

A tanker was arrested off the coast of Sicily while transferring hundreds of thousands of litres of diesel of possible Russian origin. Its movements around Malta, Italy, and Libya hint …

Giulio Rubino, Simone Olivelli | 01 October 2024

An Unquenchable Thirst

A 40-year free-for-all on water in the “Garden of Europe” has led Spain’s Almeria to the brink of catastrophe

Craig Shaw, José Bautista | 08 January 2024

Over 30 percent of hospitals in Romania are refusing legal abortions

Sixty of Romania’s public hospitals are refusing to provide women with abortions, the result of doctors invoking the ‘conscience clause’. An investigation by The Black Sea

Lina Vdovîi, Michael Bird | 11 July 2019

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Plot to Channel Russian Millions to Italy’s Ruling Lega Party

A new book claims figures close to Russian and Italian leaders planned to siphon €3 million from state energy deal to finance Lega's electoral campaign

Craig Shaw, Michael Bird | 22 February 2019

Ending Hope: The Last Trial of Gezi

Three friends still face terror charges five years after their arrests during Turkey's Gezi Park protests

Craig Shaw, Zeynep Şentek | 22 June 2018

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Erdoğan: Faith and Fury

Inside the world of Turkey’s hardline president and his final grab for power. A report in collaboration with Der Spiegel

Zeynep Şentek, Craig Shaw | 16 June 2018

UK Lord paid by offshore linked to Angolan Bank Scandal

Lord Boateng accepted fees from offshore shell of suspected fraudster Alvaro Sobrinho

Craig Shaw, Micael Pereira (Expresso) | 26 March 2018

Gucci: Made in Switzerland

How classy Italian label and French owner used a Swiss bypass to save up to 2.5 billion Euro in tax

EIC Network | 16 March 2018

Holidays in the New Cold War

A landscape of leisure and tension

Petruț Călinescu | 06 March 2018

The Mafia Ambassador

Recent police raids against the Camorra mafia group across Europe reveal alleged plots to traffic marijuana, cocaine and guns. But the suspects were surprising: two ex-diplomats for the United Nations

Craig Shaw, Lorenzo Bagnoli, Lorenzo Bodrero | 04 September 2017

Angola: a father's gift

Outgoing president José Eduardo dos Santos gives daughter a multi-billion dollar dam contract

EIC 2016, Micael Pereira (Expresso) | 26 August 2017

Route of weapons used in Paris terror attacks leads to Slovak online gun shop

East Europe shadow gun market fueling terrorism

EIC 2016 | 18 March 2016