If you’d like to search for the truth rather than be abusive, for information about persecution of Christians (and some Moslems) in Turkey visit

See http://www.worldevangelical.org/persec_turkey_06jul01.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/05/world/05TURK.html?searchpv=day01

http://www.persecution.org/prayer/pray2001-04.html

http://www.jubileecampaign.co.uk/world/usa1.htm

For more, put Christians Turkey Persecution into Google, and get comfortable journeying through 10,700 pages!

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Religious Breakdown of Turkey:

Religious Breakdown: Muslim- 99.8% Christian and Other- .2% (from http://www.mideastinfo.com/turkpro.htm )

Number of denominations: 34 (from http://www.bethany.com/profiles/p_code4/1626.html )

Re Orthodox etc. churches. You’ll know the history of Turkish antipathy to anything Greek and Armenian…

See, for example http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/1881/commemoration.htm

And see http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/128/47.0.html which begins…

Christian Held in Turkey for ‘Attempting Organized Propaganda’ Released Assyrian’s family says videotaping was for nostalgic purposes with no ideological content.

By Barbara G. Baker | posted 7/12/01 Ibrahim Konutgan, a 27-year-old Assyrian Christian, has been jailed since June 8 for taking home videos in an ancient churchyard in Turkey’s heavily militarized Southeast. Arrested on suspicion of attempting organized propaganda, he has been ordered released by Diyarbakir’s State Security Court.

etc. etc.

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Shalom! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.aaa.net.au (5200+ articles, 1000+ links, 1400 funny stories!)

pisyedili <> wrote in message . > >

> > Situation: The Turks are the largest unevangelized major people group

in > > the world. In part this is due to Turkey’s reputation as a spiritually

> > difficult place to be a missionary, but also Turkey has a history of

human > > rights violations committed against Christians. Currently foreign

> > missionaries face occasional threats of arrest and expulsion and Turkish

> > nationals face arrest and possible beatings.

>

>

> complete bullshit…

> no wonder you are having a monologue by yourself.

>

> There are HUNDREDS of churches in Turkey,

> including the Christian Orthodox “headquarters”.

>

> go pray for some knowledge..

> freak…

>