Do Christians Have a Home in Raqqa?

February 23, 2020 — 02/23/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Syria’s Religious Affairs Foundation in Raqqa, once the capital of the Islamic State, held its first Islamic forum earlier this month. The forum’s main...

New Details on Turkish Priest’s Indictment

February 22, 2020 — 02/22/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Clarity about the charges Father Sefer Bileçen of St. Jacob’s Monastery in Turkey continues to be revealed after Turkey publicly withheld the nature of...

Turkey Acquits, Then Arrests, Philanthropist

February 21, 2020 — 02/21/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Joy turned into shock this week as Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was rearrested just hours after he was acquitted of terror charges this past...

Christian Grave Desecrated

February 18, 2020 — 02/18/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Christian woman who passed away last month has had her grave desecrated and the wooden cross placed over it burned. She was a...

Syrian Conflict Takes Aim at Armenians

February 17, 2020 — 02/17/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The Syrian Parliament recognized the massacre of Armenian Christians in 1915 as genocide on Thursday, a recognition which many recognize as political maneuvering against...

Elderly Christian Couple Missing for 1-Month

February 11, 2020 — 02/11/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – One month has passed since the disappearance of Hurmuz and Simoni Diril, an elderly Christian couple living in Turkey who were abducted by the...

Turkey Changes Church into Mosque

February 5, 2020 — 02/05/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkish state media has announced that the so-called restoration of the Hagia Sofia “Mosque” in Edirne will be completed this year during Ramadan, including...

Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: January

February 3, 2020 —

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02/03/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The New Year opened with an unexpected airstrike in...

Turkey May Create Parallel Police Force

February 2, 2020 — 02/02/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A proposal submitted in January by Turkey’s ruling Islamist Justice and Development (AKP) Party would expand the powers of a nighttime security force known...

Turkey Again Ignores Due Process

January 31, 2020 — 01/31/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, Osman Kavala again appeared in a Turkish courtroom as the trial continues regarding his alleged involvement in so-called masterminding the 2013 Gezi...

Turkish-Armenian Sentenced for Criticizing Mohammed

January 28, 2020 — 01/28/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A 13.5-month prison sentence against an Armenian writer has been upheld by Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals. This sentence was levied against Sevan Nişanyan...

Assyrian Christians Issue Call for Help

January 25, 2020 — 01/25/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Assyrian Christians across the globe have issued a joint statement asking for a thorough investigation into the disappearance of a kidnapped elderly couple in...

Armenians Remember Dink’s Assassination

January 19, 2020 — 01/19/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the 13-year anniversary of the assassination of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor-in-chief of the Agos newspaper. The newspaper has published...

Priest’s Family Missing in SE Turkey

January 15, 2020 — 01/15/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The parents of Father Ramzi Diril, a Chaldean Catholic priest, have disappeared in southeastern Turkey. They were abducted by unidentified men from their home...

Christians Arrested for Sharing Food in Turkey?

January 13, 2020 — 01/13/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey persists in the arbitrary detainment of a Syriac priest and two other Christians, both of whom were village headmen, after conducting a military...

Turkey Arrests Syriac Priest and Two Other Christians

January 10, 2020 —

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Christians Targeted by Turkey’s Anti-Terror Police 01/10/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on January 9, 2020, Turkey’s anti-terror branch...