(ANSAmed) - ANKARA- In a Turkey with a secular constitution and a government and population of the Muslim faith, the social-democrat opposition has denounced an attack by the25 August 2012
Turkey tries to make obstacles for the settlement of Armenian Genocide monument in Pasadena
An official from the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles met with a Pasadena City official in an effort to thwart plans by city to erect an Armenian Genocide monument. The Armenian
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18 August 2012
Muslim scholar charged with abusing boys allowed to lead prayers at Turkeyen Masjid
Members of the Turkeyen Masjid are at loggerheads with clerics following
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14 July 2012
Turkish government ordered 2007 torture and murder of Christian publishers
On April 18, 2007, Muslims tortured and murdered three employees of the Zirve Publishing House, a Bible publishing house. "Who ordered the murder of Christians?," by Orhan Kemal Cengiz for Today's Zaman, July 3 (thanks to Twostellas):
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14 June 2012
Turkey: New law requires Islamic prayer rooms in all shopping malls, movie theaters, and other public spaces such as theaters and operas
And the self-described "liberal Muslim" Mustafa Akyol is just fine with these new developments, which once again manifest Turkey's discarding of secularism and
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30 May 2012
Turkey: threats of reprisal to Cypriot project candidates
(ANSAmed) - ISTANBUL - The Turkish Foreign Minister has asked candidate groups for a Greek-Cypriot tender on the exploration of gas and petroleum off the island to withdraw, threatening them in case they do not step back, to exclude them from any future project of cooperation in Turkey
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10 May 2012
Number of Mosques in Occupied Area of Cyprus Increasing
Newspaper Kibrisli reports that Near East University (YDU) will construct a new mosque in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus.
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18 April 2012
Country of Concern: Turkey Suppressing Christian Worship
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- On April 18, 2007, three Christians were bound to their chairs, tortured, and stabbed repeatedly at a Bible print shop in Malatya -- their throats slit.
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09 April 2012
Church Pastor Attacked in Istanbul
Four people rushed into a Protestant church in Bahçelievler district and physically attacked the pastor, threatening and insulting him.
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18 February 2012
Turkish Christians Subject to Discrimination, Attacks, Report Says
Turkey – Despite some promising developments, Christians in Turkey continue to suffer attacks from private citizens, discriminat by
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07 February 2012
Turkish minister probed over Armenia remarks
Swiss prosecutors have launched a probe into alleged remarks by Turkey's EU affairs minister denying the Armenian genocide, a crime under Swiss anti-racism laws, ATS news agency said on Monday. (A line of naked, crucified Armenian girls)
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20 January 2012
Turkey: Govt eyes secular events, opposition
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA- In a Turkey with a secular constitution and a government and population of the Muslim faith, the social-democrat opposition has denounced an attack by the
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