Protestantism

December 28, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Strategery 101

When an enemy attacks a friend, back the friend

August 9, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Sude Akgundogdu

Turkey’s Anti-Kurdish Measures Violate Religious Freedom

Turkey has a long history of discrimination against its Kurdish citizens as well as restrictions against using the Kurdish language. While this systematic exclusion has drawn international attention, its...

June 3, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir

State Department Should Deliver an Honest Message about Turkey’s Religious Freedom Record

The US Department of State’s annual report on international religious freedom, released on May 12, documents the ongoing erosion of freedom of religion or belief in Turkey. The report echoes the concerns...

April 29, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Nadine Maenza

Turkey Needs to Change its Policy and Rhetoric Toward Religious Minorities

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan stunned his country’s Christians and Jews by publicly using the slur “gavur” (infidel), a pejorative designation for non-Muslims, to criticize...

May 11, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Mikhael Smits 

Beijing Hones and Exports Religious Oppression

Utilizing cutting-edge technology, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is perfecting the religious oppression of millions at home and exporting the same capabilities abroad. The CCP’s ongoing abuse...

November 14, 2019 | Eric S. Edelman, David J. Kramer

Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC

Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.

September 9, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Mainstream Parties Vote For Neo-Nazi As Community Leader

Stefan Jagsch is a member of the neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany that supports a boycott of the Jewish state.

November 30, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

AKP Eyes Alevi Voters – Again and to No Avail

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state should pay the...

October 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Head of German Jewish community revealed to be non-Jewish

The case of Wolfgang Seibert’s alleged fake Jewish identity is not the first instance of non-Jewish Germans falsely depicting their religious background.

October 18, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

How Conspiracies Sustain One-Man Rule in Turkey and Beyond

By exploiting Turkey’s long-held prejudices, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is able to maintain his grip on power, argues Aykan Erdemir.

October 18, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

How Conspiracies Sustain One-Man Rule in Turkey and Beyond

By exploiting Turkey’s long-held prejudices, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is able to maintain his grip on power, argues Aykan Erdemir

March 13, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir

Turkish Prosecutor Seeks Life Sentence for U.S. Pastor

A Turkish prosecutor today demanded a life sentence for U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson on charges of &...

February 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Pro-BDS Pastor and German Green Party Figure Speaks at Nazi Event

Friedrich Bode, a Protestant pastor and co-founder of the Green Party branch in Bremen, Germany, delivered a talk at a neo-Nazi party event in Karlshöfe, Lower Saxony, on Saturday....

August 25, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey Trumps Up the Charges against the Imprisoned U.S. Pastor

Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan today issued an emergency decree giving himself the authority to trade foreign citizens held in Tu...

July 12, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Is it wrong to prefer the West to the rest?

On various occasions and beginning decades before he was elected president, Ronald Reagan warned that “freedom is never more than one generation from extinction.” He understood, and h...

December 16, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Dubious Case against a U.S. Pastor

Turkish courts last week charged U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson with “membership in an armed terrorist organization,” transferring him to a high-security prison after two months in solitary confinement in...

December 16, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Dubious Case against a U.S. Pastor

Turkish courts last week charged U.S. pastor Andr...

November 22, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Putin imperils religious freedom

Co-written by John Ruskay While Russia’s foreign policy was frequently discussed during this election year, Russian policy at home merits similar scrutiny by the American...

November 21, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Latest Scapegoats: Christians

Turkish police on October 7 detained the American pastor Andrew Brunson and his wife Norine – residents of Turkey for the last twenty years – for “activities against national se...

November 18, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Latest Scapegoats: Christians

Turkish police on October 7 detained...