{"id":19013,"date":"2023-10-06T08:19:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T07:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=19013"},"modified":"2024-06-11T18:50:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T17:50:58","slug":"experts-condemn-growing-intolerance-against-christians-in-turkiye-at-largest-human-rights-conference-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/experts-condemn-growing-intolerance-against-christians-in-turkiye-at-largest-human-rights-conference-in-europe","title":{"rendered":"Experts condemn growing intolerance against Christians in T\u00fcrkiye at largest human rights conference in Europe\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19013\" class=\"elementor elementor-19013\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac779f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW255216456 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;7eb77f3a-dfa0-4851-ae78-9f6c8b77aceb|33&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">I<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW255216456 BCX0\"><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW255216456 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255216456 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW255216456 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">ntolerance against Christians continues to be a concern across the OSCE region<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW255216456 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Turkish authorities increasingly target Christian pastors, missionaries, and their relatives for deportation and permanent re-entry bans<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW40125146 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40125146 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;7eb77f3a-dfa0-4851-ae78-9f6c8b77aceb|33&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">ADF International <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40125146 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">brings cases of Christian intolerance<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40125146 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40125146 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">T\u00fcrkiye<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40125146 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> to Europe\u2019s top human rights court<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW40125146 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/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-bfb2ab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb2ab5\" 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><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WARSAW<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(6 October 2023)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 To highlight the mounting discrimination against minority religions in T\u00fcrkiye, ADF International hosted a panel discussion at the OSCE* Human Dimension Implementation Conference in Warsaw this week. Experts called for effective implementation of legal guarantees to combat religious intolerance, particularly towards Christians. The October 5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> event brought together human rights experts and civil society representatives, including Ms. Tatjana Peric, OSCE Adviser on Combating Racism and Xenophobia. Speakers stressed that foreign pastors, missionaries, and their relatives are being targeted by the government for deportation or branded with security codes, banning them from entering the country.<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEveryone has the right to choose, change, and share their faith freely. T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he right to communicate on matters of religion or belief<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and to share with others is robustly protected under international law. Yet, we see Turkish authorities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> specifically targeting foreign Christians and their families and using immigration regulations to ban them from speaking about their faith<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. By deliberately targeting Christians with de facto bans, the government is actively stifling the Christian faith, and interfering with its commitments to religious freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination\u201d said Dr. Lidia Rieder, Legal Officer for ADF International, addressing the participants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Systematic faith-based discrimination<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The number of Christians in T\u00fcrkiye has diminished from 20 percent to 0.2 percent of the population in the last 100 years. This is likely due to several factors, but reports suggest that the Turkish government\u2019s systematic ill-treatment of Christians contributes to this trend. In recent years, the government particularly has been targeting foreign Christian workers despite having lived in T\u00fcrkiye for decades in many cases. According to OpenDoors, the Turkish government expelled at least <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org\/persecution\/reports\/Full-Country-Dossier-Turkey-2023.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">75 foreign Christian workers<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and their families between 2020 and 2023. The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> 2022 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/human%20rights%20violations%20report\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Human Rights Violations Report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> presented by the Protestant Church Association records 185 people who arbitrarily have been branded with the N-82-code preventing them from entering T\u00fcrkiye. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Banned from home<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Missionary couple Pam and David Wilson were banned from the country after living in T\u00fcrkiye for nearly four decades. In 2019 they were assigned a G87 code. This code, normally reserved for terrorists, labels them as a \u201cthreat to security\u201d. The Wilsons have taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights, supported by ADF International.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn a little over three weeks, Turkey will be 100 years old. My wish for it for this special birthday is freedom for all its citizens and all its legally residing expatriates to live in a country where freedom of faith and of speech is honored and protected. Where one\u2019s ethnic identity does not need to define one\u2019s identity of faith. Where those who agree and those who disagree can live together in peace,\u201d said Pam Wilson at the conference. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christian minister David Byle also was forced to leave T\u00fcrkiye in 2018. His family of seven had called the country home for more than 19 years. Authorities alleged Byle was a threat to public order and security despite his successful challenge of previous charges brought against him. After leaving the country, authorities imposed a permanent entry ban on David, which he only discovered upon trying to return home to his family. Exiled from T\u00fcrkiye, the Byles now reside in Germany. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Experts denounce intolerance against Christians<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ms. Tatjana Peric, Adviser on Combating Racism and Xenophobia at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights highlighted that, \u201cintolerance against Christians and continues to be a concern across the OSCE region today<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yavuz Aydin, a former judge from T\u00fcrkiye, who lives in exile abroad, stated: \u201cThe past several years have been characterized by hostage diplomacy and instrumentalization of religious minorities, such as in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">case of Pastor Brunson, highlighting the correlation between autocratic tendency and pressure on minority groups\u201d. The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> imprisonment of the American pastor Andrew Brunson in 2016 (released in 2018) led to the flight of many missionaries from the country and fewer Christian workers coming to T\u00fcrkiye for jobs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The only avenue for justice that remains for many of the banned Christians is to turn to the international institutions. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cADF International provides critical legal support to many Christians banned from T\u00fcrkiye solely for speaking about their faith. We are bringing their cases to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s discriminatory treatment of Christians. We hope the Court will hold T\u00fcrkiye accountable so Christians can live their lives without the threat of deportation or unchallengeable entry bans hanging over them, explained Rieder. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">* OSCE = Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\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-24db7ca elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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