New Turkey Report Details Human Rights Violations

December 27, 2021 — 12/27/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A new report details the human rights violations Turkey has committed in recent years against its minority ethnic and religious groups. The report, completed by...

Greek Orthodox Community Lament Halki Seminary’s Continued Closure

December 26, 2021 — 12/26/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Halki Orthodox Seminary, located on the Turkish island of Heybeliada, has been closed for 50 years. Over the years of operation, 990 graduates walked the...

Qatar and Turkey Sign 15 New Agreements, Strengthening Ties

December 19, 2021 — 12/19/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently traveled to Doha to meet with the ruling emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. A total...

Turkey to Implement New Foundations Regulations

December 17, 2021 — 12/17/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey is set to approve new regulations for the administrative management of non-Muslim foundations. In Turkey, minority Christian groups like Armenians and Assyrians operate their...

Ecumenical Patriarch Appeals Again Halki Seminary Reopening

December 13, 2021 — 12/13/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has yet again made an appeal to Turkey to reopen the Halki Theological School, which was closed in 1971 as a...

New Report Depicts Continued Human Rights Violations by Turkish Government

December 9, 2021 — 12/09/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) - This week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a report regarding the arrest and detention of journalists in 2021, naming Turkey as the...

Grey Wolves Spark International Condemnation and Persecution Concern

December 4, 2021 — 12/04/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Grey Wolves, an armed radical group based in Turkey, is responsible for the persecution and violence against ethnic and religious minorities within the...

Turkey Ignores International Warnings and Keeps Osman Kavala Imprisoned

December 3, 2021 — 12/03/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Turkish courts ruled once again to keep Osman Kavala imprisoned on November 26, despite repeated calls by the European Court of Human Rights, international...

Pope Francis Travels to Cyprus Amidst Continued Turkish Suffocation of Christian Heritage

December 2, 2021 — 12/02/2021 Cyprus (International Christian Concern) – Today, Pope Francis is travelling to Cyprus for a brief trip to spotlight migration as a humanitarian crisis. With the trip, Francis becomes the...

Equal Funding for Minority Schools in Turkey Denied

November 22, 2021 — 11/22/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey’s parliament, submitted a proposal to increase resources for minority schools. Paylan submitted...

Iraqi Christian Villages Emptied by Fear of Turkish Attacks

November 21, 2021 — 11/21/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Christian and Kurdish villages in northern Iraq continue to fear Turkish bombardment as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. On the evening of November 6, Turkish...

Turkic Countries Unite At Summit Celebrating Azerbaijani Victory

November 20, 2021 — 11/20/2021 Azerbaijan (International Christian Concern) – Turkey, Azerbaijan and other Turkic countries participated in the 8th summit for the Organization of Turkic States. At the summit, Azerbaijani President Aliyev was awarded...

Turkey Maintains Troop Presence in Azerbaijan

November 17, 2021 — 11/17/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey’s parliament voted to keep troops in Azerbaijan for the next year, having officially deployed Turkish peacekeepers to the Azerbaijani side on November 17, 2020....

Qatar Will Represent US Interests in Afghanistan

November 16, 2021 —

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Turkey-Qatar Posture for Joint Afghan Role Despite Human Rights Concerns 11/16/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on...

Looming Turkish Offensive Threatens Syrians

November 15, 2021 — 11/15/2021 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Syrians fear a looming new offensive by Turkey and its mercenaries in the northeast autonomous Kurdish region of Rojava. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have...

Turkey’s Religious Minorities Restricted by Authorities

November 14, 2021 — 11/14/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Minority religious communities are fighting imposed restrictions and discrimination in Turkey. Member of Parliament Armenian Garo Paylan submitted a proposal to allocate educational funding to...