Religious minorities
Non-Muslim minorities: a keenly debated issue
Since the creation of the Turkish Republic, the issue of non-Muslim minorities has always occupied public agenda and leaders in the country. Three of these minorities, recognised following a (...)
The status of the Orthodox Patriarch
Regarding the Greek Orthodox, debates focus especially on the "Ecumenical" Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose continued existence in Turkey was made subject to its withdrawal from anything (...)
The Armenian issue
In respect of the Armenians, the recurring debate is of course the issue of the Armenian "genocide". The leaders of this minority group including the Armenian Patriarch Mesrop II, have accused (...)
Jews in Turkey
The debates are less heated when it concerns the country’s Jewish population. Anti-semitism has never been strong in Turkey, even at periods when the Near East issue deteriorated. This is no (...)
Muslim minority groups
Another ongoing debate in Turkey concerns the social acceptance of Alevi Muslims, who do not belong to the main religious trend. On this question, see the "current debates" heading summer 2012 (...)
A source of information
For further information, see:
– the Mineurel website of information on religious minorities, concerning Turkey
– the website of Minority Right Group International, which offers a directory of (...)