Sibel Edmonds

BFP Founder, Publisher & Editor

Sibel Edmonds is the author of the Memoir Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story. She is the founder & director of National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC), and the recipient of the 2006 PEN Newman's Own First Amendment Award Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy and International Commerce from George Mason University, a BA in Criminal Justice and Psychology from George Washington University, and AS degree in Biology from NVCC. She is a certified linguist for Turkish, Farsi, Dari and Azerbaijani languages.

Sibel Edmonds Presents: Operation Gladio-B from Russia to China

Over a decade ago, despite multiple government secrecy orders and State-Secrets-Privilege invocations, I was the first person, and have been the only one, to expose Operation Gladio B, and introduce the world to the continuation of CIA-NATO clandestine operations in creating synthetic terrorism in target nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Operation Gladio […]

Breaking- Solid Indicators Show Still-Secret US-Turkey Agreements as S-400 Parts Delivered Today!

After a prolonged countdown towards the contentious delivery of the Russian S-400 to Turkey, per announcement by Turkey’s government officials, the first batch of system parts arrives in Turkey today, July 12, 2019. Meanwhile, Israel media hints at the “Real” reasons for the grand geopolitical oddities that have been taking place in the midst of […]

Newsbud Community Important Announcement- Back to Basics

Dear Newsbud Community Friends, This past June we finished our third year since our inception. In June 2016, with your support, my Boiling Frogs Post personal analysis-blog site expanded to a multimedia information portal with several geopolitical experts presenting in-depth weekly analyses. It was an exciting and ambitious ride. From producing documentary-formatted professional news and […]

Russia vs USA in Syria: Is Turkey About to Change Camps?

After Germany rebuffed the US request to deploy additional troops in Syria per Trump’s latest attempt towards fulfilling his “full withdrawal from Syria” promise, UK and France come to the rescue: A major victory for Trump. This is pretty much how all the mainstream headlines read, but is there more to the story? As those […]

CIA Nuke Material Busted? Turkey Seizes $72 Million-Worth Nuclear Stash

Turkey Anti-Smuggling & Organized-Crime police bust 0.64 oz. of the mega radioactive element californium worth over 72 million dollars. The story, though already several days old, has gone under-reported by the media in Turkey and the West. Here’s what we know about this highly significant case so far, and important background on the US-CIA as […]

The Battle for Idlib: A Wild Card in Turkey’s S-400 Deal

Six days ago, on May 7, I was the first to break the news on the Turkish government’s behind-the-scenes pondering over scrapping the S-400 deal with Russia without losing too much face. Those of you who have been following the developments in Turkey through my Twitter updates are aware of the current worsening climate for […]

Breaking- Russia Provides Turkey with Needed “Justification” to Back Down from S-400 Deal While Saving Face!

Under tremendous economic and political pressure, Turkey ponders using the latest Russia-Syria offensives in Idlib as an excuse (aka justification) to back down from its S-400 deal with Russia. In the last few days Syrian and allied Russian warplanes have intensified bombardment of Syria’s Idlib province, sending tens of thousands of Syrian residents fleeing toward […]

The “Real” Gulen Deal in Turkey & RT Documentary Series- The Rise and Fall of the House of Gulen!

It’s been almost three years since the attempted coup in Turkey, yet many questions still remain: Was it real? Was it carried out by the CIA’s Gulen network? Those of you who have followed me (and my case) know that I was the first person to expose CIA’s Gulen and his over twenty-billion-dollar network in […]

From Assange Arrest to Checking Out from Social Media: In Search of a New Path!

Yesterday morning I woke up to the news of Wikileaks’ Julian Assange arrest. Out of habit (which later I begin to question) I began combing through Twitter for any and all updates and comments on the case- from news headlines and links to feverish commentaries and discussions. Now, for those of you who’ve been with […]

Bridging the Gap With TANGO!

Tango movement connecting people in Turkey, not only to those in Argentina, but to people in China, Ukraine, Italy, Russia, Lebanon … countries all around the world! Dance is a universal language & a bridge!

Transcript- Turkey Elections: All Eyes Are on These Sizzling Four Fronts

Hello everyone. This is Sibel Edmonds reporting from Turkey, after living through my first Turkish elections in 32 years. These were the tensest local elections in Turkey’s history, closely watched by the entire world. Let’s quickly sum up the facts and political make-up pertaining to the elections: [READ MORE] *If you are a Newsbud Community […]

Turkey Elections- All Eyes Are on These Sizzling Four Fronts!

Hello everyone. This is Sibel Edmonds reporting from Turkey with my analysis on the recent elections in Turkey, their importance, and the most important four geopolitical fault lines to keep an eye on. This is a crucial time period, not only for Turkey but the entire region- Here’s why all global calculating eyes are currently […]

HealthCare vs. Health Business- Turkey’s Rise in Healthcare Tourism

In Turkey Healthcare is treated as health services- a fulfillment of one of the most basic human needs. Unlike the United States, where healthcare is a Business. A very expensive mega business. Comparing and contrasting the two models, and a sincere interview with two expats- Terry and Jane. Our universal need, and the right to […]

Thinking of Becoming an Expat? Here’s Why Turkey: A Top Expat Destination!

Turkey has been rapidly moving up on the “Hot Expat Destinations” list for over two decades. Especially in the past five years there has been an increasing trend of people moving to Turkey. The top three nationalities moving to Turkey are US Americans, British and Dutch. Here’s why Turkey as a top destination:

Transcript- The US Bombing Doctrine the World Must Abide By

US manically rings the alarm bell on Iran’s homegrown to-be fighter Jet- Kowsar: “Beware, with these bombers Iran may possibly bomb somewhere in some future!” Why? Does Iran have a worrisome track record? Is it because the US considers having and using jets to bomb other nations a very bad thing? Playing the one with […]