Talk:Persecution of Christians

The Republic of Turkey was established in 1923, after the vast majority of Christian inhabitants of Anatolia had been expelled or massacred in the late Ottoman period ([[Armenian genocide]], [[Greek genocide]]). However, there still remained sizeable Greek and Armenian minorities in Istanbul. Beginning in the 1940s, the Turkish government instituted repressive policies forcing many Greeks to emigrate. Examples are the [[Labour battalion (Turkey)|labour battalions]] drafted among non-Muslims during World War II, as well as the Fortune Tax ([[Varlık Vergisi]]) levied mostly on non-Muslims during the same period. These resulted in financial ruination and death for many Greeks. The exodus was given greater impetus with the [[Istanbul Pogrom]] of September 1955 and the [[Expulsion of Greeks from Istanbul|expulsion of Istanbul Greeks]] which led to thousands of Greeks fleeing the city, eventually reducing the Greek population from 200,000 in 1924 to about 7,000 by 1978 and to about 2,500 by 2006.

Adding multiple reliable sources ...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250195978_The_Istanbul_Pogrom_of_6-7_September_1955_in_the_Light_of_International_Law

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/231239/pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45294234

Betoota44 (talk) 18:28, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Well first off, much of these seem to be about non-Muslims, not just Christians, thus is not persecution of Christians. Secondly, not all Greeks are Christian, so is it persecution of Greeks or Christians? Slatersteven (talk) 18:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

The aim was to eliminate non-Muslims from modern Turkey. The vast majority of these non-Muslims were Christian with a smaller number of Jews. Likewise, the vast majority of Greeks were Christian.

The persecution of Christian minorities was not something new that begin in the 1940s, it was a continuation of the persecutions in the late Ottoman period eg, Armenian genocide (itself a reaction to the persecution of Muslims in newly independent Balkan states).

In Turkey's case, if Greeks and Armenians converted to Islam they were allowed to stay in Turkey and not pay the Varlik Vergisi tax. This was not persecution based on a particular ethnicity but on religion. Betoota44 (talk) 19:21, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

So no it was not targeted at Christian., it was persecution of non-Muslims. I oppose this addition, and will now leave as this is already going round in circles. Slatersteven (talk) 10:31, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

@Slatersteven both 67.209.30.70 (talk) 17:37, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Kind of glossed over the whole Islamic conquest and colonisation of the whole of Christendom and the holy land. From Arabia to half of spain.and the whole " worst of all creatures " " subjugate and make to feel humiliation and force them to pay the tax " . An extremely important few things that explain the persecution of Christmas. 82.42.92.110 (talk) 23:56, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

"persecution of Christmas" This is not an article on banning Christmas as a holiday. Dimadick (talk) 09:24, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

glossed over, 3.2 Caliphates 4.1 Fatimid Caliphate 4.2 Seljuk Empire 5.2 Mamluk Sultanate 6.6 Ottoman Empire (6.6.1 Ottoman Albania and Kosovo) 7.5 Ottoman Empire 7.6 Turkey, does not seem to me to be glossed overe. Slatersteven (talk) 09:39, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Why doesn't this article tell the reason the Christians are being persecuted? 67.209.30.70 (talk) 17:35, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Such as? Slatersteven (talk) 11:37, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

"It is widely agreed on that the Number of the beast in the Book of Revelation, adding up to 666, is derived from a gematria of the name of Nero Caesar" - That is absolutely certain not "widely agreed" ! ~2026-20578 (talk) 02:43, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

That means: among mainstream Bible scholars. tgeorgescu (talk) 02:55, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Can someone add this as in the Cristero war wiki it states “ The following day, in Sahuayo, Michoacán, 240 government soldiers stormed the parish church. The priest and his vicar were killed in the ensuing violence” and “On 14 August, government agents staged a purge of the Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, chapter of the Association of Catholic Youth and executed its spiritual adviser, Father Luis Bátiz Sainz. also the Saints of the Cristero Wars were killed for their ties to the Catholic Church and for being Catholic making it count as persecution. ~2026-16126-76 (talk) 20:55, 14 March 2026 (UTC)