Experts: Ethnic minorities face multiple threats
Expert hearing in the Human Rights Committee of the German Bundestag
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Istanbul from above
I do not know how often I did fly to Istanbul or had a stop over in Istanbul. But I never succeeded to make good photos out of the plane. Most times there were clouds or smog, if the sight was good, I did sit on the wrong side or was sleeping like a baby.
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WEA welcomes Book “Christianity” by All Churches in Turkey
Schirrmacher speaks at book launch to the Ecumenical Patriarch and other heads of churches in Turkey
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WEA introduces new ambassador to the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Orthodox Church community
On the occasion of a meeting of the heads of all major churches and confessions of Turkey at the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul, the Associate Secretary General Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher introduced Dr Nikolay (Nik) Nedelchev personally to Bartholomew I, who as Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch is the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.
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Behnan Konutgan is honored for his dissertation
While receiving his ThD-degree from the hands of Thomas Schirrmacher Dr Behnan Konutgan, BA, MA, ThD, President of Martin Bucer Seminary Turkey, was surprised by being installed as honorary life member of the Royal Ghassanid Academy of Arts and Science (Jordan).
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Triple Life Sentences for the Malatya Murderers
After conviction the criminals were not initially sent to prison, but a day later the implementation of justice may have begun, more than nine years after the death of the martyrs. This article was originally […]
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Erdogan and Islamist seizure of power
Immediately after the attempted Putsch, an eye witness reported Erdogan’s first big appearance: “It felt like an eternity that Erdogan just stood there while the crowd chanted: ‘Here is the army! Here is the Commander, and ‘Just […]