Issues
Groundbreaking Study Exposes Workplace Violence in Turkey
More than three-fourths of workers in Turkey have experienced at least one of five forms of workplace violence during their entire work life, including violence based…
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Christianity
Istanbul’s First New Church in Over a Century Sparks Joy Along With Calls for More Respect for Minority Religions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said of it, “The church we have built is a symbol of freedom of religion and belief in our country.” It…
Islam
Persecuted Religious Minority Asylum Seekers Detained at Turkish Border
Four months after they were beaten and detained in Turkey, 104 asylum seekers from a minority religious group, including 27 women and 22 children, are still…
Featured Contributors
An Angry Kurdish Voice by Ceko Kurd
Editor’s Note: Most Americans know little or nothing about the Kurds, except perhaps that recently, the United States and Kurds were allied in the fight against…
Ethics
International Religious Freedom Roundtable Letter for Donald Trump
International Religious Freedom Roundtable October 11, 2019 The Honorable Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Do Not Abandon the…
WRN Editorial Staff
Oct 16, 2019
Religion News
Pope Francis Sends Letter to President Assad
Pope asks President Assad to protect Syrian citizens Pope Francis wrote a letter to President Bashar al-Assad.[/tweetit] Cardinal Peter Turkson and his delegation delivered the letter.…
Islam
Muslim Influence is Declining in Turkey
Pushing political Islam has the opposite effect The results of a survey released by Konda research have made it clear Turkey is going towards a more…
Christianity
Pastor Brunson’s Interview After Being Released from Turkish Prison
Brunson denied all links with Kurdish insurgents Andrew Brunson, the U.S. pastor released from confinement in Turkey after two years, said it is highly probable that…
Christianity
After Two Years in Turkish Prison, Pastor Brunson Has Been Released
Turkish court rules to release U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson Andrew Brunson, the United States pastor at the center of a diplomatic storm between the U.S. and…
Judaism
Pence’s Ministerial on Religious Freedom Wraps Up
At one point VP Pence warned Turkey against the further detention of Pastor Brunson. The last day of the three day long Ministerial for the Advancement…
Christianity
U.S. Pastor Still Being Held in a Turkish Jail
The Turkish Government accused him of being linked to terror groups. A court in Turkey rejected the release of U.S. pastor Andrew Craig Brunson[/tweetit] on July…
Christianity
The Strange, Tragic Story of Wrongly Imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson
With No Proof of Charges, is Andrew Brunson a victim of strained Turkey-U.S. Relations? International relations are murky. They involve competing interests, multiple levels of actors,…