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August 4, 2016

Religious freedom threatened by Turkey’s response to coup

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan celebrate July16 at Taksim Square in Istanbul after a failed coup attempt. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said more than 200 people were killed during the failed coup attempt.

Civil service purges and mass arrests in Turkey since a July 15 failed coup attempt are bad news for religious freedom in what has been one of the Muslim world’s most open and democratic societies, said Canada’s former ambassador for religious freedom.

Published in International