Turkey Censors Armenian Media

June 3, 2019 — 06/03/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey has again constricted the freedom of speech of Armenians, an ethnic group who are traditionally Christian, by banning the Armenian weekly newspaper Agos...

Armenian Woman Attacked in Turkey

June 1, 2019 — 06/01/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Agos reports that yesterday an Armenian woman living in Istanbul was attacked and wounded by two masked men carrying a knife. During the attack,...

Turkish Police Raid Church During Baptism Ceremony

May 29, 2019 — 05/29/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkish police interrupted a baptism ceremony in the city of Bolu while conducting a raid against a church composed of Iranian Christian asylum seekers. The...

ECHR Dismisses Turkish Monastery’s Case

May 27, 2019 — 05/27/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed on May 7th a lawsuit filed by the Foundation of Mar Gabriel Monastery. The Foundation had...

Forced Conversion Case on Turkey’s Parliament Agenda

May 19, 2019 — 05/19/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Opposition party members of Turkey’s Parliament have placed on the agenda the issue of a forced conversion incident of a child on live television...

Possible Hate Murder in Turkey

May 16, 2019 — 05/16/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkish authorities on the island of Imbros have opened an investigation after an 86-year-old Greek man was found murdered in his home with his...

Forced Conversion Video Sends Strong Message to Turkish Armenians

May 15, 2019 — 05/15/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A video has gone viral in Turkey in which Islamic theologian and TV personality Nihat Hatipoğlu leads a 13-year-old Armenian Christian boy in a...

Turkey Holds Armenian Church Hostage

May 14, 2019 — 05/14/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Once again, Turkey is interfering in the election cycle of the Armenian Orthodox Church. The former Patriarch Mesrob II mysteriously fell into a coma...

Turkey Adds Headscarves into Educational Material

May 11, 2019 — 05/11/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) –Turkey’s Education Ministry is under criticism for photo shopping headscarves on women in stock photos used in 11th grade secondary school textbooks, reports EuroNews. The...

Turkey Deports Another Foreign Christian Pastor

May 9, 2019 — Religious Freedom Continues to Erode in Turkey Through the Deportation of Religious Minorities 05/09/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on May 9, 2019,...

ICC Supports Outreach Efforts in Turkey

May 9, 2019 — 05/09/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Youth and young adult ministry is heavily regulated in Turkey and strongly discouraged by President Erdogan’s government. Turkish youth are denied the opportunity to...

Turkey Opens Largest Mosque While Churches Languish

May 8, 2019 — 05/08/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – President Erdogan attended on Friday an opening ceremony of what is now Turkey’s largest mosque. Construction on the Camlica Mosque Complex began six years...

Turkey Detains Armenian Activist for Referencing Genocide

April 30, 2019 — Armenian Activist Arrested in Istanbul on Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day 04/30/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 24, 2019, local Istanbul police...

Thousands Commemorate Armenian Genocide—Except Turkey

April 24, 2019 — 04/24/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Today, the Armenian community is marking a commemoration of the 1915 Armenian genocide perpetuated by Ottoman Era Turkey. Prior to this genocide, there were...

Turkey Scapegoats Religious Minorities

April 23, 2019 — 04/23/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Eurasia Review has published an analysis of Turkey’s treatment of religious minorities under the tenure of Erdogan’s presidency. The report highlights the contradictory...

Opposition Wins Position of Istanbul’s Mayor

April 19, 2019 — 04/19/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s local election recounts was completed on Wednesday, and the main opposition party candidate was officially declared mayor of Istanbul. This represents a significant...