Turkey

Pastor Michael Feulner of Germany recently explained to Morning Star News why he is hopeful that he may be the exception to a wave of foreign Christian leaders expelled from Turkey because of his Christian faith.

Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF) submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights last month contesting a permanent re-entry ban placed on evangelist David Byle by Turkish authorities.

After almost one year, it appears Turkish authorities have made little to no progress in the case of a kidnapped Christian couple.

Foreign Christians in Turkey are reportedly being forced to leave the country or are being banned from returning to Turkey.

Despite widespread protest over the proposal, Turkey has decided to make Hagia Sophia, formerly the seat of Eastern Christianity, into a mosque.

Turkish officials have ruled that Hagia Sophia, once the seat of Eastern Christianity, is being converted into a mosque.

The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces says Turkey has “violated” the ceasefire order.

Despite the five-day cease-fire announced over the weekend, Syrian Christians in the border towns between their country and Turkey are still enduring intense and violent persecution.

On October 6, President Trump ordered U.S. troops to leave the contested area of northeastern Syria. Just three days later, Turkey began an offensive on Syria displacing thousands of Syrians and Kurds living in the region.

Future Syria Party’s Secretary-General Hevrin Khalef, a 35-year-old politician who fought for tolerance in her country between Christians, Arabs, and Kurds, has been shot and killed by pro-Turkish militants in Syria.