Turkey’s Repeated Airstrikes Force Christian Villagers in Iraq to Flee

April 10, 2019 — 04/10/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) - On Tuesday, April 9, villagers fled as the Turkish military launched yet another series of airstrikes in the Kurdistan Region. The chain of attacks was...

Turkey Attempts to School Christian Teachers

April 2, 2019 —

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04/02/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Although technically living in a secular nation, Turkey’s teachers are entrusted with...

Erdogan’s Islamist Party Suffers Major Losses

April 2, 2019 — 04/02/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – For the first time in 25 years, President Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) has lost control over Turkey’s capital of Ankara in local...

Erdogan Uses Hagia Sofia Rhetoric as Campaign Strategy

March 31, 2019 — 03/31/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Today, Turkey is holding local elections throughout the country. These elections are viewed as a referendum on President Erdogan, as they occur just one...

Erdogan Suggests Converting Hagia Sofia into Mosque

March 27, 2019 — 03/27/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on a television interview on Sunday that it is likely that the Hagia Sophie would be converted to...

Armenians Prepare for New Patriarch Election

March 24, 2019 — 03/24/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s Armenians are preparing to elect a new Patriarch after Easter, according to local news sources. The announcement comes one week after the 84th...

Turkey Increases Drive for Imam Hatip High Schools

March 18, 2019 — 03/18/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s Education Ministry has slated $84.1 million to investment in Imam Hatip High Schools, with the intention of opening 162 new centers. The ruling...

Turkey Prepares Armenian Genocide Refutation

March 16, 2019 — 03/16/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Turkish Institute of History has announced that they are preparing to publish 25 volumes which refute Turkey’s involvement in the 1915 Armenian Genocide....

Armenian Patriarch Dies in Istanbul

March 8, 2019 — 03/08/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Mesrob II, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, has passed away today at Istanbul’s Holy Savior Armenian Hospital. He mysteriously entered into a coma in...

Children Bear Witness to Turkey’s Educational Discrimination

March 5, 2019 —

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03/05/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – For Christians living in Turkey, living and sharing their faith is...

Is Turkey Covering Up Priests’ Murder?

February 28, 2019 — 02/28/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Gatestone article raises concern about Turkey’s failure to investigate a jailed ISIS / al-Qaeda terrorist believed to have killed two Christian clergymen in...

“You Are Finished!” Threaten Vandals Against Church in Turkey

February 26, 2019 — Religious Leaders Request Police Investigate Incident as a Hate Crime 02/26/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, February 23, 2019, threatening...

Solution Found for Adventist Church in Turkey

February 21, 2019 — 02/21/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Taksim Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Istanbul has reopened after solving years of problems that resulted from Turkey’s confusing and complicated church laws. This...

Erdogan Holds Halki Seminary Hostage

February 8, 2019 — 02/08/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – This week, Turkish President Erdogan met with Greek Prime Minister Tsipras in Ankara. The Prime Minister petitioned Erdogan for the reopening of the Halki...

Turkish State Continues Interference Against Armenian Church

February 7, 2019 — 02/07/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Turkish Foreign Minister met this week with the Armenian Apostolic Church’s legate in the Vatican, director of ecumenical relations at the Armenian Apostolic...

ICC Provides Church Assistance to Believers in Turkey

February 1, 2019 — 02/01/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Establishing churches and places of worship has proven to be a significant challenge for the Church in Turkey. Currently, there are only 10 official...