Christians fear imminent Turkish ground incursion Since November 20, northern Syria has once again been targeted by a series of attacks coming from Turkey, which is determined to eradicate Kurdish combatants to “protect its borders,” according to the words of Turkish President Erdoğan. Aid to the Church in Need interviewed Rev. Nidal Abdel Massih Thomas, […]
Archbishop of Izmir hopes for progress in the dialogue Today, even though Christianity has a tradition of almost 2,000 years of history in Turkey, after various waves of persecution, there are hardly any Christians left. In an interview with the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN-ED), Archbishop Martin Kmetec of Izmir […]
Statement by Catholic charity, ACN International, on the Turkish government’s decision to allow the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Königstein-Montreal, Wednesday July 22, 2020 —The executive president of ACN International, Dr. Thomas Heine-Geldern, has issued the following statement concerning the Turkish government’s decision to allow Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to be used as a […]
Abbot Aho Bilecen from monastery Mor Yakub d’Karno, Tur Abdin/Turkey Turkey “Christians are losing everything they own” by Tobias Lehner, ACN International Adapted by ACN Canada Published on the web February 10, 2020 The Christian minority is once again being put under pressure in Turkey. During the first half of January, the Syriac Orthodox […]
JOURNEY WITH ACN is our weekly newsletter regularly posted to our website and designed to acquaint you with the needs of the Catholic Church around the world and introducing you to various projects we have helped to bring into being together with our partners and ACN benefactors. This week: Turkey Help to renovate one wing of a building […]
Turkey/Istanbul “This is the true face of the Universal Church that we see here – one of different languages and peoples.” By Sébastien de Courtois, ACN International – Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada A crowd of Catholics has been waiting for fifteen hours for Pope Francis on the square in front of the […]
Even though Turkey´s Christian population is barely 0,3%, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has supported 100 projects in Turkey in the last twenty years ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin A significant amount of ACN´s help has gone towards Iraqi and Syrian refugees in the Eastern part of the country. Since 2010 […]
“God brought me to Turkey to be on His Team!” By Maria Lozano, ACN International “I used to play football in a club in Nigeria. My manager told me that I was good and he gave me hope to find a team in Europe. He charged me $4000 for the process of playing in a […]
By Sébastien de Courtois, Istanbul (Turkey) The population of Turkey is regarded as a majority Sunni Muslim one, of almost 65%, but with a strong minority of Alevis – a branch of Shia Islam – estimates of which vary between 25% and 35% of the total population. The Alevis of Turkey are somewhat on the […]
Turkey An ecumenical visit above all By Sébastien de Courtois, Istanbul (Turkey) Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Montreal/Turkey, Thursday November 27, 2014 – Pope Francis will be in Turkey from November 28 to 30. First, he is destined for the capital, Ankara, then to Istanbul to meet Patriarch Bartholomew. This last meeting is […]
