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Turkey s Christians Face Increasingly Dangerous Persecution | Opinion Lela Gilbert , Fellow, Hudson Institute On 4/13/21 at 8:00 AM EDT Once upon a time, tourists in Turkey eagerly made their way to Hagia Sophia a historic architectural marvel shimmering with the golden light of ancient mosaics. Although marred by many centuries, images of Jesus, Mary and John the Baptist reflect the spirit of a fledgling Christian world. In fact, Turkey s earliest churches are recalled in the New Testament itself in Antioch, where St. Paul began his missionary journeys, and in the Seven Churches portrayed by St. John in his Book of Revelation. Christianity once flourished in Turkey, until the Ottoman Empire s 1915 genocide of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and other Christians. Now the Islamist regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his neo-Ottoman agenda has magnified Turkey s anti-Christian hostility. Since a failed coup attempt in 2016, the regime intensified its scape

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