A hundred years after the 1913-23 genocide of Christians by Ottoman Turkey, the last remnants of the cultural and religious heritage belonging to Christians – principally Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians – are on the verge of extinction. An Armenian Member of Turkey’s Parliament, Garo Paylan, visited the city of Van on September 2 to take […]
Turkey: Government tries to end its economic crisis by putting two churches put up for sale
“If a mosque were put up for sale anywhere in the world, the whole of Turkey would probably revolt.” There it is. “Several Christian churches put up for sale in Turkey,” Union of Orthodox Journalists, December 7, 2021: There are two Christian churches for sale in Turkey, reports the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung. Presumably, the […]
Turkey: No Budget from Government for Schools Run by Armenians, Jews and Greeks
The 22 remaining schools run by minority communities of Armenians, Jews and Greeks in Turkey are suffering – both financially and due to the declining number of students. Garo Paylan, an Armenian MP of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), came up with a policy idea at Turkey’s parliament to help the minority schools […]
Turkish MP Threatens Armenian MP with Murder
As human rights advocates across the world commemorated on April 24 the 106th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey, a Turkish nationalist MP was threatening an Armenian MP with murder. On April 27, Umit Ozdag, an independent member of Turkey’s parliament and a professor of political science, retweeted a statement […]
Turkey: MP says “Decision to convert Hagia Sophia to mosque will make life more difficult for Christians here”
Indeed it will, as it is a new indication that Erdogan intends to destroy Turkish secularism altogether and restore Islamic rule to Turkey, which will involve the subjugation of the country’s remaining Christians as dhimmis. “Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque,” by Suzan Fraser, Associated Press, July 10, 2020: …Turkey’s […]