Another campaign promise to be broken. Islamobama won´t recognize the murder of up to 1,5 Armenian Christians in Turkey 100 years ago. Unlike Germany´s dealings with the past , Turkey punishes the claim that this has happened and denies the 1,5 million number.
Barack Obama will not label 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide US news The Guardian
Christianity in Turkey:
On the territory of modern Turkey, the population once consisted of almost 100% Christians. In 1914 Christians constituted 25% of the population. Today, only 0,2 % of the Turkish population are Christians. 100.000 Christians live in Turkey, thereof 85 % in Istanbul. In Turkey, the Christianity is persecuted for 1000 years. But there also have been massive persecutions during the last 150 years.
- 1843:
At least 10.000 Christian Armenians and Nestorians were massacred.
- 1894-1896:
50.000 - 80.000 Christian Armenians were massacred.
- 1909:
30.000 Christian Armenians were massacred. The following epidemics killed further 20.000 Christian Armenians.
- 1913:
60.000 and 400.000 Refugees and Bulgarian Christians were cast out.
- 1915-1917:
300.000 - 1.500.000 Christian Armenians were massacred. Hundred of thousands were deported. Less then 100.000 Christian Armenians lived in Turkey after that.
- 1922-1923:
1.250.000 Greek Orthodox Christians were exchanged with 500.000 Muslims from Greece.
Tens of thousands of Christians were murdered after the conquest of the Greek territory or at the expulsions.
- 1955:
62.000 of 110.000 Greek Orthodox Christians left Turkey after a pogrom.
Christianity today:
- It is forbidden to train Christian priests and religious teachers
- Priests must identify themselves as either diplomats or Turkish.
- Bibles and other Christian literature may not be distributed.
- Christian street festivals and processions are forbidden.
- Christian radio stations get no license.
- It is almost impossible to build a Church.
Known happenings of the last years:
- On 11 March 2006, the Capuchin Henry Leylek was attacked in Mersin by a young man with a knife-
- In 2006, the Italian priest Andrea Santoro was shot by a young Turkish man during the prayer in the church of Trabzon .
- On 18 April 2007, three Protestant Christians in Malatya were tortured and cruelly murdered for their faith. One of them was the German English-teacher Tilmann Geske.
- On 3 June 2010, the chairman of the Turkish bishops conference, Luigi Padovese, was stabbed to death by his Muslim driver.
Foreigners in Turkey:
- No foreigner has a permanent residence permit.
- 50 occupations are for Turks only, like lawyer, taxi driver and coiffeur.
- Foreigners are marked by license tags with "M" from 99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999:
Barack Obama will not label 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide US news The Guardian
Christianity in Turkey:
On the territory of modern Turkey, the population once consisted of almost 100% Christians. In 1914 Christians constituted 25% of the population. Today, only 0,2 % of the Turkish population are Christians. 100.000 Christians live in Turkey, thereof 85 % in Istanbul. In Turkey, the Christianity is persecuted for 1000 years. But there also have been massive persecutions during the last 150 years.
- 1843:
At least 10.000 Christian Armenians and Nestorians were massacred.
- 1894-1896:
50.000 - 80.000 Christian Armenians were massacred.
- 1909:
30.000 Christian Armenians were massacred. The following epidemics killed further 20.000 Christian Armenians.
- 1913:
60.000 and 400.000 Refugees and Bulgarian Christians were cast out.
- 1915-1917:
300.000 - 1.500.000 Christian Armenians were massacred. Hundred of thousands were deported. Less then 100.000 Christian Armenians lived in Turkey after that.
- 1922-1923:
1.250.000 Greek Orthodox Christians were exchanged with 500.000 Muslims from Greece.
Tens of thousands of Christians were murdered after the conquest of the Greek territory or at the expulsions.
- 1955:
62.000 of 110.000 Greek Orthodox Christians left Turkey after a pogrom.
Christianity today:
- It is forbidden to train Christian priests and religious teachers
- Priests must identify themselves as either diplomats or Turkish.
- Bibles and other Christian literature may not be distributed.
- Christian street festivals and processions are forbidden.
- Christian radio stations get no license.
- It is almost impossible to build a Church.
Known happenings of the last years:
- On 11 March 2006, the Capuchin Henry Leylek was attacked in Mersin by a young man with a knife-
- In 2006, the Italian priest Andrea Santoro was shot by a young Turkish man during the prayer in the church of Trabzon .
- On 18 April 2007, three Protestant Christians in Malatya were tortured and cruelly murdered for their faith. One of them was the German English-teacher Tilmann Geske.
- On 3 June 2010, the chairman of the Turkish bishops conference, Luigi Padovese, was stabbed to death by his Muslim driver.
Foreigners in Turkey:
- No foreigner has a permanent residence permit.
- 50 occupations are for Turks only, like lawyer, taxi driver and coiffeur.
- Foreigners are marked by license tags with "M" from 99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999:
