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Turkey: Will the Abuses against Historic Churches Ever End?

Nov 26, 2020 11:00 am By Uzay Bulut 22 Comments

“Turkey has again confused faith tourism and religious freedom in the announcement that the Imera Monastery has been partially restored,” reported International Christian Concern (ICC) on November 19. “It is acknowledged that the Imera Monastery is an important Christian site in the eastern Black Sea region, but the fact that Christians in this area suffered […]

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Filed Under: Islamic supremacism, Muslim persecution of Christians, Turkey Tagged With: Hagia Sophia, Trabzon, Trebizond

Turkey, Azerbaijan commit more crimes against Armenians

Oct 24, 2020 3:00 pm By Uzay Bulut 36 Comments

On September 27, the people of the Armenian Republic of Artsakh in the South Caucasus, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, woke up to the shelling of the military forces of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani forces have since indiscriminately shelled the civilian areas of Artsakh including its capital, Stepanakert. Many residential areas have been largely destroyed by Azerbaijani bombardment. Half of the population have been displaced, the region’s rights ombudsman Artak Beglaryan […]

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Filed Under: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey Tagged With: Artsakh, Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Stepanakert

Turkey’s occupation of Cyprus

Sep 18, 2020 8:00 am By Uzay Bulut 26 Comments

Turkey is more and more in the international news these days because of its violations of the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of Cyprus and Greece. These violations in the Eastern Mediterranean threaten the stability and security of the wider region. A maritime deal signed on 6 August set out the sea boundaries between Egypt and […]

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Turkey: Nine Churches Named Hagia Sophia Have Now Been Converted to Mosques

Sep 8, 2020 9:00 am By Uzay Bulut 24 Comments

Much of the international community has been shocked by the news concerning Turkey’s conversion of two historic Hagia Sophia churches into mosques in Istanbul and Trabzon. The famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul was originally founded as a Greek Orthodox cathedral in the sixth century CE. It was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic supremacism, Turkey Tagged With: Hagia Sophia, Iznik, Nicaea

September 6, 1955: Turkey’s Kristallnacht

Sep 6, 2020 2:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

September 6, 1955 started just like any other day for the Greeks, Armenians, and Jews of ‎Istanbul—or Constantinople. ‎”I resided in Cengelkoy with my wife and two children back then,” wrote Apostolos Nikolaidis ‎in the book I Nihta ton Kristallon. ‎”Just as protests were starting in Taksim, I left my shop in Karakoy and went […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians, Turkey Tagged With: 1955, Istanbul, September 6

Cyprus: 46 Years of Turkish Occupation

Sep 1, 2020 3:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

What does the international community often think when they hear “Cyprus”? A beautiful island country in the Eastern Mediterranean? A heavenly holiday destination? Warm weather and scenic beaches? All of these are true. However, this small and resilient island country also has a dark and criminal history – a history shaped by the Turkish occupation […]

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Filed Under: Cyprus, Featured

Turkey and Jihad

Aug 28, 2020 11:00 am By Uzay Bulut

Turkey is in the news again for its hosting Hamas terrorists and granting them Turkish passports. The covenant of Hamas openly aims for annihilation of Israel. In a written statement, the US State Department “strongly objected” to Turkey’s hosting two Hamas leaders in Istanbul on August 22. Hamas leaders received red-carpet treatment from Turkish President […]

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Filed Under: Hamas, Iran, Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey Tagged With: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Reform in Islam?: Interviews with Islamic Theology Students in Turkey Tell a Different Story 

Aug 7, 2020 8:00 am By Uzay Bulut

A master’s degree thesis recently written in Turkey reveals the attitudes of the students at two Islamic studies departments concerning violence against women, polygamy and gender-based segregation in education. The findings of the thesis make us once again pose this significant question: Would an “Islamic reform” make the Muslim communities more humanitarian and a safer […]

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Filed Under: Islamic reform, Sharia Tagged With: Council of Higher Education (YÖK)

Turkey: “Banning Early Marriages is Fighting Against Allah”

Jul 22, 2020 8:00 am By Uzay Bulut

A Muslim group in Turkey has set up a platform called “Turkey’s Platform of Family Assembly for Young Marriages” to defend child marriages and expressed their opposition to women’s rights advocates and international conventions, accusing them of “increasing prostitution and violence.” In a written statement, the President of the Platform, Adem Çevik, said that “to […]

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Filed Under: child marriage, Turkey Tagged With: Adem Çevik

Turkey: When Alevis Were Burned Alive

Jul 4, 2020 12:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

 On July 2, 1993, yet another massacre targeted defenseless members of a religious minority in Turkey. On that day, a group of Alevi intellectuals were publicly burned alive by pious Muslims at a hotel in the city of Sivas. The perpetrators still remain unpunished. Moreover, many defense lawyers have had prosperous careers in Turkish […]

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Filed Under: Islamic supremacism, Jihadist intimidation and thuggery, Non-Muslims in Muslim countries, Turkey Tagged With: Alevis, Allah akbar

Yezidis: A History of Persecution

Jun 27, 2020 2:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

The ISIS genocide in 2014 against Yezidis in Iraq and Turkey’s occupation of parts of northern Syria since 2018 have brought a long-suffering people to the attention of the world. The Yezidis (or Yazidis/Ezidis) are a non-Muslim community indigenous to northern Mesopotamia. Named after their ancient faith, Yezidis have a rich oral tradition combining aspects […]

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Filed Under: Non-Muslims in Muslim countries Tagged With: Yezidis

Turkey’s Diyanet: Schoolchildren leave Islam after reading the Koran

Jun 11, 2020 12:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

A prominent member of Turkey’s highest Islamic institution, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), stated that children who read the Turkish translation of the Koran “start gravitating towards” atheism and deism, a belief in a non-interventionist creator. The statement was made by Professor Cağfer Karadaş during an interview with the pro-government newspaper Yeni Şafak on […]

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Filed Under: Qur'an, Turkey Tagged With: Diyanet

Turkey: Cross Ripped Off Door of Armenian Church

May 28, 2020 12:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

The Surp Grigor Lusavorich (St. Gregory the Illuminator) Armenian Church in Istanbul’s Kuzguncuk district has been attacked, the newspaper Agos reported. On May 23, an unknown assailant ripped off a cross from the church door. The moment of the attack was caught on surveillance cameras. This was the second attack against a church in Istanbul […]

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Filed Under: Muslim persecution of Christians, Non-Muslims in Muslim countries, Turkey Tagged With: Istanbul, Kuzguncuk, Surp Grigor Lusavorich (St. Gregory the Illuminator) Armenian Church

Turkey: Killing your own neighbors

May 23, 2020 1:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

A Turkish pro-government writer recently threatened the political opposition in the country and her own neighbors with death on national TV. On May 3, Sevda Noyan said on Ülke TV that in the event of a coup attempt, her family can kill at least fifty people, including some neighbors. She said she made a list […]

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Filed Under: Jihadist intimidation and thuggery, Turkey Tagged With: Sevda Noyan, Ülke TV

Turkey: Judeopathy raises its ugly head again

Apr 24, 2020 1:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

Turkey – like much of the world – is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Sadly, the number of cases and casualties continues rising. Yet many anti-Semites in the country are busy on social media, demonstrating their pathological hatred for Jews, otherwise known as Judeopathy. The Turkish news website Avlaremoz, which covers Jewish-related incidents, is monitoring […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic antisemitism, Turkey Tagged With: Avlaremoz, coronavirus, Ness Ziona Institute for Biological Research

Turkey Uses Hagia Sophia as Mosque for Islamic Prayer Again

Mar 24, 2020 2:00 pm By Uzay Bulut

As much of the world is struggling against the coronavirus pandemic, the Islamists in Turkey appear to hold on to their everlasting agenda: Forced Islamization and violation of non-Muslims. Adhan (Islamic call to prayer) and the Koranic verses  Surat Al-Fath and Surat An Nasr were recited by two “imams” of the Hagia Sophia Church/museum, the […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic supremacism, Turkey Tagged With: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Turkey converts yet another ancient Greek church into a mosque

Feb 4, 2020 9:00 am By Uzay Bulut

The Turkish newspaper Hürriyet has reported that the Hagia Sofia “Mosque” in Edirne is being restored, and it will be completed by the Islamic month of Ramadan that falls this year between 23 April and 23 May. This church was converted from church to mosque during the Ottoman era. The magnificent building was damaged during the earthquake […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Greek Genocide, Islamic supremacism, Turkey Tagged With: Edirne

Turkey: Supreme Court of Appeals upholds prison sentence for Armenian writer for criticizing Islam’s prophet

Jan 24, 2020 8:00 am By Uzay Bulut

Turkey’s Court of Cassation, also called Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey, has recently upheld the 13-and-a-half-month prison sentence imposed by a local court on the prominent Armenian writer Sevan Nişanyan for his “offensive” statements about Islam’s prophet Muhammad, the Turkish news website Diken reported. According to the Turkish criminal code, for one to be legally […]

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Filed Under: blasphemy, Featured, free speech, Turkey Tagged With: Sevan Nişanyan

Greeks in Turkey on the Verge of Extinction

Jan 10, 2020 9:00 am By Uzay Bulut

“There is one Greek family left in Ortaköy.” The statement has recently been made by the Ortaköy Greek Foundation Chair, Strato Dolçinyadis. “Expropriated in the 1980s, the Greek school has been returned to them as a result of their struggle at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The revenue coming from the school is […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians, Turkey Tagged With: Agios Fokas, Mesachorion, Ortaköy

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