Posts Tagged ‘Turkey’
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Iraq: When the lights go off and the dust settles
Men running, women pleading for God’s mercy, children screaming out of fear, older women trapped under rubble and thick dust rising in the air. This has been a recurring scene in Iraqi cities for close to a decade.
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Perpetrators of Turkey’s ‘Malatya massacre’ put on trial
Nineteen suspects accused of inciting the brutal 2007 murders of three Christians in eastern Turkey went on trial before Malatya’s Third Criminal Court in early September.
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Turkey bans Syrian passenger planes from Its airspace
Turkey says it has banned Syrian passenger planes from Turkish airspace in the latest sign of growing confrontation between the two neighbors.
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Aid workers struggle to cope with Syrian refugee influx
Humanitarian agencies are struggling to cope with an upsurge of refugees from Syria caused primarily by aerial bombardments of the civilian population. The United Nations says the number of Syrian refugees is likely to triple t...
China plans to eradicate house churches
China’s government is engaged in a three-phase campaign to eradicate Protestant house churches, according to a statement released Friday (April 20) by the China Aid Association (CAA).
The government’s strategy was clearly o...
News
Attacked Turkish pastor joins in memorials for slain Christians
After a memorial service for three Christians who were murdered in Malatya, Turkey five years ago today, an Istanbul pastor who was attacked over Easter weekend said he’s experienced hostility from Muslims nearly all his life.
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Turkey, key U.S. ally, cited for religious freedom woes
WASHINGTON (RNS) Turkey stands as a new and controversial addition to an annual list of the worst offenders of religious freedom released today by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Four of nine commissione...
Indictment of ‘masterminds’ of murders in Turkey expected
Judges in Turkey’s southeastern city of Malatya have announced the preparation of an indictment in the case of three murdered Christians that is expected to reveal a shadowy network that incited five young men to carry out the ...
Turkish Christians Subject to Discrimination, Attacks, Report Says
Despite some promising developments, Christians in Turkey continue to suffer attacks from private citizens, discrimination by lower-level government officials and vilification in both school textbooks and news media, according ...
Arts & Culture
Apostle’s tomb discovered by archaeologists in Turkey
The tomb of one of the original apostles of Jesus Christ was discovered recently in a southwestern province in Turkey. The tomb of St. Philip the apostle, who is mentioned as one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, was found b...
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