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May 25, 2022 •
A Haven for Early Christians Discovered
As many as 70,000 ancient Christians and Jews sought refuge in a hidden underground city in Turkey in the second and third centuries.
June 25, 2020 •
Does Turkey’s New System for Changing Religious Affiliation Online Presage a More Tolerant Religious Atmosphere?
Turkey has launched an “ e-Government Gateway ” system. Does this offer new opportunities for discrimination?
October 24, 2018 •
Pastor Brunson Safely Home in America After Two Years of Prison in Turkey
Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, who served a small Evangelical Presbyterian congregation in Izmir, Turkey, for 23 years, is back in the U.S. after more than two years in prison.
May 28, 2018 •
Ambassador Sam Brownback Interviewed on the Fate of Pastor Brunson
Interview on CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) with U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback on the government’s views on the imprisonment of Rev. Andrew Brunson.
March 29, 2018 •
American Pastor, Jailed in Turkey, Now to Stand Trial
A Presbyterian pastor from North Carolina faces up to 35 years in Turkish prison for charges he asserts are untrue. Rev. Andrew Brunson, who has led a small congregation in Izmir, Turkey, for the past two decades, was arrested in October 2016 and held without charges.
August 5, 2017 •
Syriac Christian Properties Expropriated by Turkish Government
Some 100 Syriac Christian properties including monasteries, churches and cemeteries have been liquidated and transferred to the Treasury: Two functioning monasteries and lands adjacent to the 4th-century Mor Gabriel Monastery belonging to Turkey’s oldest indigenous culture.
