Protestantism in Turkey

Protestants and also Anglicans comprise far less than one tenth of one percent of the population of Turkey.[1]

Violence against Christians

The constitution of Turkey recognizes freedom of religion for individuals. The Armenian Protestants own three Istanbul Churches from the 19th century.[2]

On November 4, 2006, a Protestant place of worship was attacked with six Molotov cocktails.[3] In 2007 three Protestants were killed at a Bible publishing house in Malatya, allegedly by the JİTEM.[4]

Turkish media have criticized Christian missionary activity intensely.[5] There is an Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey.[6]

Turkish converts

According to the newspaper, "Milliyet" reports 35,000 Muslim Turks convert into Christianity in 2008.[7] There is a small ethnic Turkish Protestant Christian community in Turkey include about 4,000-5,000[8] adherents, most of them came from Muslim Turkish background.[9][10][11][12] A 2015 study estimates some 4,500 Christians from a Muslim background in the country.[13]

Protestant denominations

See also

References

Source of the list: The World Christian Encyclopedia, Second edition, Volume 1, p. 756

  1. ↑ "German Site on Christians in Turkey".
  2. ↑ "German Site on Christians in Turkey".
  3. ↑ "Christian Persecution Info".
  4. ↑ Gengiz, Orhan Kemal. "Malatya Protestant massacre: 5 years later and 7 years before". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Christianity Today".
  6. ↑ "World Evangelical Alliance".
  7. ↑ 35,000 Turks convert into Christianity each year in Turkey!
  8. ↑ Interview with Zekai Tanyar, the Chair of the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey
  9. ↑ Turkish Protestants still face "long path" to religious freedom
  10. ↑ Christians in eastern Turkey worried despite church opening
  11. ↑ Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks
  12. ↑ TURKEY: Protestant church closed down
  13. ↑ Johnstone, Patrick; Miller, Duane Alexander (2015). "Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census". IJRR. 11 (10): 1–19. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  14. ↑ official web site of Turk Protestant Church
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