Turkey
The Turkish constitution provides for freedom of belief, worship and the private expression of religious ideas, while prohibiting discrimination on religious grounds. Although officially a secular state, Turkey is caught between its secular and Islamic identities.

News

Allegations have emerged of a conspiracy to assassinate Christian leaders in Malatya in 2015/2016.
Father Aho
Father Sefer Bileçen, known as Father Aho, was arrested by Turkish Gendarmerie along with two others on 9 January 2020.
Close to 70 Christian foreign nationals, including the spouses of Turkish citizens, have been expelled from the country since early 2019.

Reports

Despite constitutional protections, and some positive steps taken by the government in recent years, religious minorities are increasingly vulnerable to hate speech, discrimination and
CSW calls on Türkiye to respect, protect and fulfil the provisions for freedom of religion or belief articulated in its national constitution for all
CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) is a human rights organisation specialising in the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all.

Blog

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In several countries, minority communities who have roots going back several generations are being forced to leave their ancestral lands.
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No geographical region has as many countries with blasphemy laws as the Middle East and North Africa.
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The state has used a variety of means to propagate the view among wider society that to be Turkish is to be Sunni Muslim.

Features & Magazine Issues

Diamond Tema
Today they...silence me. Tomorrow it will be your turn.
Diamond Tema is a thirty-year- old agnostic and secularist content creator in Türkiye....