For a Christian in Europe, Turkey is the worst country

18-01-2023

Southern Europe

CNE.news

For a Christian in Europe, Turkey is the worst country

North Korea is championing religious persecution worldwide again. That is the message of the newly published Open Doors’ World Watch List. For European countries, Turkey has the highest position. Pressure on Christians is rising there, Open Doors says.

Related Articles

Photo AFP, Alex Halada

Räsänen was not the only homophobia court case; there were also Latzel and Kort

Three Christians in three European countries were acquitted this year of incitement of hatred against homosexuals. The cases against the Dutch Rev Kort, the German pastor Latzel and the Finnish politician Räsänen show strong similarities.

Photo YouTube, Uyanış Gençliği

“Turkey sees Protestants as danger to state security”

Carlos Madrigal, who has been a pastor in Turkey for 36 years, is now labelled a threat to national order in Turkey. Madrigal, who is currently staying in his home country, Spain, with his wife, Rosa Orriols, is not allowed to re-enter the country.

Turkish President Erdogan (centre right) when he laid the foundation of the new church in Istanbul in 2019. Left of Erdogan, the Syriac (Assyrian) Orthodox Patriarch Yusuf Cetin. Right of Erdogan, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew. This year, the church will be opened. Photo AFP, Ozan Kose

First new church in Turkey in more than 100 years

In a few months, there will be the first opening of a newly built church since the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923.

Turkey

Persecution

Discrimination

Politics

Christian faith

Home

Opinion

Christian Life

Northern Europe

Eastern Europe

Southern Europe

Western Europe

Central Europe

European Union

About

Contact

Privacy

Cookie-instellingen