Turkish Church Asks for PrayerApril 18, 2020 — 04/18/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the annual day of prayer where the Turkish church, as well as those interested in Turkey, routinely gather and pray for the...
Christian Journalist Targeted in TurkeyApril 17, 2020 — 04/17/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – An Assyrian Christian journalist currently living in Istanbul, Isa Karatus, has reported that gunshots were fired at his house in Mardin on the morning...
Turkey Buries Social Media Restrictions Under COVID-19April 14, 2020 — 04/14/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s draft law on economic measures to address COVID-19 included eight articles which would’ve tightened the government’s censorship over social media. The draft law...
Turkey Rates 2nd in ECtHR FailuresApril 7, 2020 — 04/07/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Council of Europe has released its annual report for 2019 which details the executions and judgements taken by the European Court of Human...
What is Turkey Doing in Syria?April 4, 2020 — 04/04/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Despite the increasing number of challenges Turkey is facing domestically, Ankara continues to grow its military involvement in Syria. The month of March concluded...
Turkey Spars Over Coronavirus ReliefApril 1, 2020 — 04/01/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Some Turkish municipalities and the Interior Ministry are sparring over campaigns to raise funds which would support victims of the coronavirus. Istanbul and Ankara...
Turkey Weaponizes, Then Restores, WaterMarch 28, 2020 — 03/28/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Nearly a week after Turkish sponsored armed groups cut the water supply for 460,000 people living in Syria’s Hasakah province, the supply has been...
Idlib Jihadi Removal on Summit AgendaMarch 26, 2020 — 03/26/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – A summit held between Russia and Turkey this month concerning the fate of Idlib (Syria) included discussion about removing extremist groups from the province....
Islamic Prayer Heard in Hagia SophiaMarch 25, 2020 — 03/25/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey has taken advantage of social restrictions enacted by the coronavirus to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer in the Hagia Sophia, a church...
Turkey Cuts Water Supply for NE SyriaMarch 24, 2020 — 03/24/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Turkish sponsored armed groups have cut the water supply this weekend which provides water to 460,000 people living in Syria’s Hasakah province. The traditional...
Tragedy for Family of Missing CoupleMarch 21, 2020 — 03/21/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Two months after the mysterious disappearance of the elderly parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest in Turkey, tragic news for the family came this...
Christian Cemetery Attacks Increase in TurkeyMarch 17, 2020 — 03/17/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Independent Turkish news outlets report a growing trend of attacks on Christian cemeteries. Last month, twenty of 72 gravestones in the Ortaköy Christian Cemetery...
Turkey Pressures Religious Minorities Over SyriaMarch 10, 2020 — 03/10/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s government has sent a document to Armenian, Greek, Jewish, and Syriac foundations which pledges their support for Turkey’s military activities in Syria. The...
Religious Freedom Report Released in TurkeyMarch 9, 2020 — 03/09/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s Association of Protestant Churches has released their 2019 Human Rights Violations Report detailing the state of religious freedom within the country. Improvements for...
Historic Turkish Church Entangled in Court ClashMarch 2, 2020 — 03/02/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A historical church in Istanbul, Turkey is currently the focus of a legal case that may result in the site being put up for...
Intelligence-Sharing Program Coincides with Turkish Strikes Against Iraqi CiviliansFebruary 26, 2020 — 02/26/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Reuters reported earlier this month that the United States suspended an undercover military program it had conducted in cooperation with the Turkish military...
