In a recent article, I wrote about the U.S. State Department’s annual report on International Religious Freedom which stated that “all religious groups that are not Sunni Muslim suffer discrimination and persecution in Turkey…. Religious […]
The Washington Post has reported that the Trump administration understood a deal was in place for the release of Pastor Andrew Brunson. All sources within the Trump administration were quoted anonymously. The reports indicate that […]
Speaking at the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Vice President Mike Pence threatened Turkey with sanctions unless pastor Andrew Brunson is released. Last week, Brunson’s detention was extended but this week he was […]
Great news! Did you hear? Two years, 77,000 people charged with terrorism, more than 150,000 fired public sector workers, an invasion-cum-occupation of Syria, massive repression and bombing of civilian population, who-knows-how-many-deaths, and seven extensions of […]
Andrew Brunson, a North Carolina pastor living for over 20 years in Turkey, has spent the past 18 months in Turkish prison, accused alternately of being a follower of Fethullah Gülen and aiding the Kurdistan Workers’ Party […]
I recently became aware of the Turkish government’s expulsion of an American teacher, violating her freedom of expression. In an article published by the Gatestone Institute on April 8, 2018, Turkish journalist Uzay Bulut mentioned […]
The U.S. State Department just issued its 2017 report on International Religious Freedom in about 200 countries, including Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. This week, I will focus my attention on the section on Turkey. In […]
ANKARA (A.W.)—Four Armenian candidates will participate in Turkey’s snap parliamentary elections due to take place on June 24. The complete and final list of candidates that will run was published early today in the T.C. […]
ANKARA (A.W.)—Ankara’s public prosecutor has launched a bid to strip Armenian Member of Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan’s parliamentary immunity after the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party of Turkey (HDP) Vice Co-chair was accused of insulting “Turkishness” […]
On May 16, 2017, during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit with President Doanld Trump in the White House, Erdogan’s bodyguards viciously attacked Kurdish and Armenian protesters, who had gathered outside the residence of Turkey’s […]
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