Turkey Openly Discriminates Against the Greek Orthodox Church

November 18, 2022 — 11/18/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – On 11/15/2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared that Turkey had violated the human right of the Greek Orthodox Taksiarhis church after...

Escaping Radical Islam to Live Life with Christ

November 16, 2022 — 11/16/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Leyla is a loving mother and wife in her forties who grew up in a family that still practices radical Islam. After getting married,...

How Femicide in Turkey Affects MBBs

November 14, 2022 — 11/14/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Femicide in Turkey is an issue that is increasing in commonality, according to a report on stockholmcf.org. Turkey mostly consists of those of the...

Christians in Malatya, Turkey Threatened by Ultra-Nationalist Group

September 14, 2022 — 9/14/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Turkish Protestant foundation of Kurtulus Churches faces threats of murder from a young man claiming to be directed by an ultra-nationalist group, JITEM, a...

Religious Communities Dissatisfied with Turkey’s New Foundations

August 30, 2022 — 08/30/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople penned a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan outlining the dissatisfaction and frustration among the Armenian Christian community...

Turkish Textbook Touts Armed Jihad

August 1, 2022 — 08/01/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – In Turkey, a 12th-grade religious studies book widely used in public schools promotes armed jihad. The book, the 2019 edition of Fundamentals of Islam’s Religious...

Cemeteries of Religious Minorities Targeted in Turkey

July 31, 2022 — 07/31/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Radicals have targeted another minority cemetery this month in Turkey. On July 15, a Jewish community discovered their local cemetery in the Haskoy neighborhood...

Syrian Christians Threatened by Potential Turkish Invasion

July 28, 2022 — 07/28/2022 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Recent reports indicate that a new Turkish military operation in northern Syria may be imminent. Mazloum Abdi, a commander of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic...

Turkish Christian Foundations Allowed to Elect Leaders After Eight Years

July 11, 2022 — 07/11/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – In June 2022, Turkey finalized the long-awaited updated regulations for non-Muslim foundations. In practice, due to Turkey's mandates for non-Muslim worship, this means that many...

Ancient Christian Cemetery Desecrated in Turkey

July 9, 2022 — 07/09/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – An ancient Christian cemetery has been tragically desecrated in Turkey. Local Christians discovered the scene recently, on June 29. Graves were discovered damaged, scattered...

N. Cyprus Continues Court Case Against Christian Expatriate

June 13, 2022 — 06/13/2022 Cyprus (International Christian Concern) – A foreigner living in Famagusta of Northern Cyprus had a court hearing scheduled for June 7 and June 14 as part of an ongoing case....

Hagia Sophia Reportedly Faces Daily Vandalism and Neglect

June 1, 2022 — 06/01/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – New reports indicate vandalism and neglect at the historic Hagia Sophia. It is suggested that the building faces daily vandalism, including written messages and names...

Turkish Occupation of Cyprus Destroys Christian Culture

May 28, 2022 — 05/28/2022 Cyprus (International Christian Concern) – The Turkish invasion of the island of Cyprus has led to the destruction of the ancient Christian and Cypriot culture. The NATO country has...

Ancient Christian City Discovered in Turkey

May 19, 2022 — 05/19/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – An underground city was discovered in Turkey and is believed to be the home of roughly 70,000 Christians during the 6th century who faced persecution...

Historic Hagia Sophia Vandalized

May 18, 2022 — 05/18/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The historic Byzantine-era church, Hagia Sophia, which now stands as a mosque, was vandalized in mid-April. Experts commented and feared for the future of the...

Middle East’s Largest Armenian Church Reopened in Turkey

May 13, 2022 — 05/13/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The largest Armenian church in the Middle East, St. Giragos Cathedral in Diyarbakir, reopened on May 7. The church, built some 600 years ago, was...