Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Turkey in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Turkey resolved, from the public record. Ties to any country are not themselves disqualifying; every case turns on its own facts. This is decided history, never a prediction, and it says nothing about any nationality or community.
The ties these cases involved
The relationship kinds identified on Turkey allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- parent in foreign country · 32 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 23 cases
- sibling in foreign country · 17 cases
- foreign real estate · 15 cases
- in law in foreign country · 14 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 9 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 8 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Turkey cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 11 granted cases
- foreign assets divested · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 18-00149 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a 48-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Bulgaria, who had lived in Turkey until moving to the United States in 1996. The Department of Defense issued a St…
- ISCR 18-02084 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a dual citizen of the United States and Germany, originally from Turkey, who sought a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) c…
- ISCR 06-26371 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a dual national of the United States and Turkey, who maintained a current Turkish passport and intended to retain her dual nationality due to an inheritance of property …
- ISCR 19-02921 denied · 2021Applicant contested the Department of Defense's (DOD) decision to deny his eligibility for a security clearance based on foreign influence concerns. The Statement of Reasons (SOR) identified security …
Other countries in the record
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