Daniel Brown

PhD University of Chicago

Daniel Brown

Forum 18: Why can’t Armenians elect a Patriarch?

religious freedom, Turkey /

The state has, again, blocked the process for the election of a new Patriarch for Turkey’s Armenian Apostolic community.  (Full article by Dr. Mine Yildirim:  http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2352&pdf=Y) The Istanbul Governorship intervened again in early February as the community appeared to be on the point of initiating the long-delayed election. In light of the interference, the Armenian […]

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2017 Turkish Association of Protestant Churches Human Rights Violations Report

religious freedom /

Link to Full Report. English Introduction and Summary.  The Turkish Protestant community is made up of over 150 small and large fellowships, a majority are found in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. The Protestant fellowships have established 5 religious foundations, 3 foundation representative branches, 36 church associations and over 30 representative branches tied to those associations.

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2017 Hak Ihlalleri Izleme Raporu. Protestan Kiliseler Derneği

religious freedom /

Hak İhlalleri İzleme Raporu PDF Giriş ve Özet.  Türkiye Protestan Hristiyan toplumu, büyük çoğun­luğu İstanbul, Ankara ve İzmir’de olmak üze­re, irili ufaklı yaklaşık 150’den fazla topluluktan oluş­maktadır. Protestan toplulukların kurduğu 5 vakıf, 3 vakıf temsilciliği, 36 kilise derneği ve bu derneklere bağlı 30’un üzerinde temsil­cilik bulunmaktadır. Geri kalan toplulukların bir tüzel kişiliği bulunmamaktadır. Bunların yaklaşık 25

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New Interactive Map

Maps /

See our new Maps page for an interactive visualization of the religious demography of the Middle East. Population estimates are updated to 2015. Here’s a preview: Note these disclaimers: In order to highlight minority religions, the visualization risks exaggerating the size of minority populations relative to total population. In reality minority populations in most parts of the middle east

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Giaour Discourse in Print Media / Yazılı Basında Gâvur söylemi

religious freedom /

A report from the Hrant Dink Foundation on Giaour Discourse in Print Media examines how the word ‘giaour’ [gâvur] is used in the Turkish press.  The authors document how the usage of the word ‘giaour’, in daily life and media alike, isolates non-Muslims living in Turkey and put them in a fragile position by alienating them. Yazılı Basında Gâvur Söylemi raporunda, tarihsel,

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2025-26 ISRME Research Support

Front page, research funding /

Extraordinary and persistent challenges faced by many minority religious communities in the region make this a critical time to support scholars and to disseminate knowledge about minority religious communities. We welcome proposals from any discipline relevant to the understanding of such religious communities, and we are especially eager to support interdisciplinary work. Proposals must involve fieldwork

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The Christian Case for Tawhid in the late Abbasid Era

Events, Lecture, Uncategorized /

A lecture by Michael Kuhn at Istanbul University, 2 May 2018 Christians in the Muslim milieu of the Abbasid era faced critical questions concerning their concept of God. Islamic tawhid occupied the intellectual high ground and was the standard for correct speech (kalam) concerning deity. The Christian doctrines formulated through the early church councils became

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Findings of the Under Caesar’s Sword Project on Global Christian Communities

religious freedom, Research /

A report from a University of Notre Dame  project investigating responses of Christian communities to persecution. It includes country-by-country analysis, major global patterns, and recommendations for action.  The regional summary includes a material on the Middle East and Turkey http://ucs.nd.edu/assets/233538/ucs_report_2017_web.pdf  

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