22 December 2009

Turkey Ponders Legal Action Over Assyrian Genocide Memorial

THE Turkish government is considering legal action over a western Sydney council's decision to erect a statue commemorating the killing of Assyrians early last century.

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20 June 2009

TURKEY: IRANIAN REFUGEE BEATEN FOR HIS FAITH

Convert to Christianity loses another job as co-workers learn he’s not Muslim.

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15 April 2009

TURKEY: ERDOGAN, I DO NOT SUPPORT APOLOGIES TO ARMENIANS

urkish Premier Tayyip Erdogan said today that he did not accept or support the campaign recently

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27 March 2009

TURKEY: CHRISTIANS MAY APPEAL FINE FOR ‘ILLEGAL’ FUNDS

bloody-cross.jpgConverts accused of ‘insulting Turkishness’ fear ruling sets dangerous precedent.

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15 March 2009

Transgender activist murdered in Turkey

turkey.jpgThe killing of Ebru Soykan, a prominent transgender human rights activist on March 10th in Istanbul, Turkey, has led to calls for the Turkish government to protect trans people

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09 February 2009

A new suspect in the murder of 3 Christians in Malatya

00000000000012.jpgIt is believed the head of an ultra nationalist organisation masterminded the execution. Five risk life in prison, two others only one year.

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27 January 2009

Saving the monastery of Mor Gabriel, to guarantee a multicultural Turkey

00012.jpgMuslim leaders are trying to destroy it, and have sued the monastery for alleged proselytism. A spiritual and cultural center for the Syriac Orthodox, it still uses ancient Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus. During the 1960's, at least 130,000 Syriacs lived in Tur Abdin. Today, there are only 3,000. The minority community hopes that the European Union will come to its defense with an appeal to Ankara

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12 September 2008

Army followed and recorded movements of Christian missionaries in Turkey

1c60fa6afccf731b39ee6e9de7ea82f9.jpgThe revelations, made by a newspaper, highlight the reports by military agents on the activities of all the Christian Churches. Meanwhile, there is tension over the visit to prison by the head of the military district of Koaceli, to the generals detained over the Ergenekon affair.

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18 May 2008

Suspects in Turkish attack accuse each other

38a35811676df18ede304c5938d7ef34.jpgAll five suspects who are on trial in Turkey for the deaths of three Christian martyrs allegedly slain in a vicious attack by Muslims who had agreed to meet them at a Bible publishing house have denied responsibility, instead pointing fingers at each other

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15 May 2008

Queen wears headscarf and slippers for visit to Turkish mosque

b0a01d7d984a5fd421525424e43c21b9.jpgHer head respectfully covered and slipper-style socks on her feet, the Queen listened intently to a reading from the Koran during a visit to Turkish mosque on Wednesday. The monarch, who's currently on a four-day visit to

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