{"id":12867,"date":"2022-10-13T07:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T07:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=12867"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:10:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:10:50","slug":"demise-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/demise-of-democracy","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe demise of democracy\u201d: Victims of Turkish religious oppression speak out"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12867\" class=\"elementor elementor-12867\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01f3c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01f3c94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1cab19\" data-id=\"d1cab19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc0b37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dc0b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6800587 BCX0\">Number of Christians in T<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6800587 BCX0\">\u00fcrkiye<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6800587 BCX0\"> diminished from 20% to 0.2% of population in the last 100 years<\/span><\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Experts and witnesses highlight grave violations committed against Christian minorities at event hosted by MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen and ADF International<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><b>BRUSSELS<\/b> (13 October 2022) \u2013 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The number of Christians in T\u00fcrkiye has diminished from 20 per cent to 0.2 per cent of the population in the last 100 years.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> At a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecrgroup.eu\/event\/freedom_of_religion_in_tuerkiye\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">high level event<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on \u201cFreedom of Religion in T\u00fcrkiye\u201d held in the European Parliament, victims of faith-based discrimination highlighted atrocities committed by the Turkish government and parts of society against Christian minorities in the country.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe love the country of T\u00fcrkiye and want to work for the good of its people. We are not a threat to the state, the country or the Turkish way of life,\u201d stated Mark Smith, a Christian missionary who was expelled from the country after living in T\u00fcrkiye for over 10 years.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark and his wife helped to start and lead a Turkish-speaking evangelical church for 10 years before being banned from T\u00fcrkiye<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">for \u201cactivities against Turkish state security\u201d in 2020. Since then they have not been able to return.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An Alarming Trend<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The Turkish government have expelled at least 60 foreign Christian missionaries and their families since 2020, according to new reports from religious freedom charity <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/en-US\/persecution\/countries\/turkey\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">OpenDoors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Smith\u2019s testimony to the European Parliament comes amidst a rising number of discrimination claims made by the government against Christians residing in T\u00fcrkiye. After facing multiple arrests, <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/david_byle\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">David Byle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> was forced to leave the country he had called home for 19 years in 2018. He was deemed a risk to national security simply because he shared his faith. After David instituted a claim, with the support of ADF International, at the European Court of Human Rights, the Court declined to hear his case and unfortunately failed to take this opportunity to affirm religious freedom for David and many other Christian missionaries banned from T\u00fcrkiye.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe situation regarding freedom of religion in T\u00fcrkiye remains alarming. Government propagation of violations to the right to freedom of religion, and its effects, remain rife. Christians and other faith minorities are unable to exercise their right to freedom of religion. Christian missionaries are unable to return to the country they call home, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church has not been able to train clergy for 50 years, and religious sites are being violated without action taken from the government. These direct and egregious violations clearly indicate the demise of democracy in T\u00fcrkiye,\u201d commented Dr. Georgia du Plessis, Legal Officer for ADF International in Brussels.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cToday\u2019s event aims to bring these human rights violations to the attention of the world, express gratitude for actions already taken by the EU institutions, and call for further and ongoing action,\u201d she explained.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">In the <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/TA-9-2022-0222_EN.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2022 European Parliament Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> on T\u00fcrkiye, the institution outrightly condemned \u201cthe oppression of religious and ethnic minorities\u201d and expressed regret over the \u201ccontinuously shrinking space\u201d for them to \u201coperate freely in Turkey\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe situation of religious freedom in T\u00fcrkiye \u00a0remains worrisome. We observe restrictive government policies on religious practice for all religious communities other than non-Sunni Muslims. We also see an increase in vandalism and violence against religious minorities and a government interfering in the internal affairs of religious communities. 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