Christian Couple Face Deportation from Turkey

March 4, 2021 — 03/04/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – On March 2, 2021, a married foreign couple living in Turkey were taken to a deportation center. One is German, and the other is American....

Turkey’s Directorate of Communications Releases Report Justifying Genocide

March 3, 2021 —

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President Erdogan Memorializes Human Rights Abuses in Nagorno-Karabakh 03/03/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned...

Azerbaijan Seizes Armenian Heritage Artifacts

March 3, 2021 — 03/03/2021 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – Many cultural collections located in Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh) are now under Azerbaijani control. Geological, cultural, and historical items that were moved into bomb shelters in...

Erdogan’s Human Rights Plan Only Hints at Religious Freedom

March 2, 2021 —

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Questions Linger About Turkey’s Implementation of Proposed Religious Freedom Activities 03/02/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned...

Criminal Complaint Filed Over Armenian Hate Speech

February 28, 2021 — 02/28/2021 Armenia (International Christian Concern) – A criminal complaint has been filed against a woman for hate speech who said she would cut off the heads of 20 Armenians if she...

Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Group Questioned in Court

February 25, 2021 — 02/25/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Civil society group Anadolu Kültür (Anatolian Culture), founded by Osman Kavala, is being brought to court by Turkey’s trade ministry for an investigation into...

Erdogan and Aliyev to Groundbreak Controversial School

February 24, 2021 — 02/24/2021 Armenia (International Christian Concern) – The location and details of the Grey Wolf school opening in Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh have been released. Turkish President Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Aliyev will jointly...

New Report Highlights Plight of Turkish Protestants

February 23, 2021 — 02/23/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A new 2020 report produced annually by the Association of Protestant Churches (TeK) highlights the challenges of Protestant Christians in Turkey over the past year...

Turkey Seeks to Neutralize PKK Threat in Iraq

February 22, 2021 — 02/22/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraq condemned Turkey’s recent incursion into Iraqi territory in Nineveh Governorate. A member of parliament claimed that Turkey does not have the authority to deploy...

101 Members of Congress Send Letter to Administration Calling for U.S. Attention on Artsakh

February 20, 2021 — 02/20/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Yesterday, a bipartisan group of 101 members of the U.S. House of Representatives cosigned a letter sent to two members of President Biden’s...

Turkish Influence Increases in Lebanon

February 17, 2021 — 02/17/2021 Lebanon (International Christian Concern) – Online Turkish language classes will soon commence for Lebanon’s military, according to a recent announcement from the country’s director-general for Internal Forces, Major General Imad...

Armenian Soldiers Killed After Ceasefire Breach

February 12, 2021 — 02/12/2021 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – A recent report detailed the execution of 19-year-old Erik Gasparyan, an Armenian soldier who fought in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh) war this past year. Gasparyan...

Kavala to Remain in Solitary Confinement

February 11, 2021 — 02/11/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish court recently ruled to keep Osama Kavala in solitary confinement. Kavala has been imprisoned since November 2017 on false allegations of espionage...

54 Senators Send Bipartisan Letter to Biden Criticizing Human Rights in Turkey

February 10, 2021 — 02/10/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - Yesterday, a bipartisan coalition of 54 Senators addressed a letter to President Joe Biden, expressing their concern over a deteriorating human rights record...

Turkey Halts Celebration of Greek Language

February 10, 2021 — 02/10/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – February 9 marks the international day to celebrate the Greek language. Ankara University, Istanbul University and Trakya University were forced to cancel their joint plans...

Turkey-Azerbaijan Joint Military Drills on Armenian Border

February 6, 2021 — 02/06/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey and Azerbaijan launched a joint military exercise on February 2 in Kars, a region of Turkey bordering Armenia. In light of the upcoming...