Tag: HDP

Turkey Removed Assyrian Sculpture From Public Square

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 18, 2017

The Assyrian Lamassu sculpture in front of the Diyarbakir Local Council was removed on January 8. AINA - 18/1/17 Diyarbakir (AINA) -- Turkish authorities removed ... Read More

Report on Turkish and Kurdish Confiscation of Assyrian Property

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 13, 2015

The Assyrian village of Ainwardo in Turkey (photo: Markus Tozman). Augin Kurt Haninke - August 2015 (AINA) -- The German journalist Susanne Gusten in Istanbul ... Read More

Turkey’s Christian Minority Sends Four Deputies to Parliament

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- June 8, 2015

Erol Dora, an Assyrian in Turkey, was elected to the Turkish Parliament. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com - June 2015 Turkey's Christian minority will be represented in the Turkish parliament ... Read More

Assyrians Demonstrate in Istanbul

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- March 16, 2015

16/3/15 (AINA) -- Assyrian held a demonstration yesterday in Istanbul's Freedom Square to protest ISIS attacks on Assyrians in Khabur, Syria. Despite the heavy rain, ... Read More

ORTHODOX CHURCH VANDALISED IN ISTANBUL

OCP- March 29, 2014

29/3/14 A group of young thugs, apparently from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), vandalised an Orthodox Christian church in Istanbul. Although informed of the incident, the police refused to ... Read More