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==Social conditions==
==Social conditions==
===Persecution of Christians===
===Persecution of Christians===
Christians are viciously persecuted in Turkey.<ref>https://www.hudson.org/research/preview/16832-turkey-s-christians-face-increasingly-dangerous-persecution</ref> It is common for churches to be confiscated, shuttered, torn down or converted into mosques. In 2020, Turkish dictator Erdoğan, converted the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and resumed Muslim prayers. According to numerous sources, Christian refugees from the Middle East living in Turkey have been treated with contempt and isolated in remote locations.
Christians are viciously persecuted in Turkey.<ref>https://www.hudson.org/research/preview/16832-turkey-s-christians-face-increasingly-dangerous-persecution</ref> It is common for churches to be confiscated, shuttered, torn down or converted into mosques. In 2020, Turkish president Erdoğan, converted the [[Hagia Sophia]] back into a mosque and resumed Muslim prayers. According to numerous sources, Christian refugees from the Middle East living in Turkey have been treated with contempt and isolated in remote locations.
===Attacks on Christians and churches===
===Attacks on Christians and churches===
===Vandalism of Christian cemeteries===
===Vandalism of Christian cemeteries===
In October 2006, a Chakmak Spiritual Christian cemetery in Turkey was vandalized. The grave was found robbed and filled with trash.<ref>http://molokane.org/places/Turkey/Kars/2006_Cemetery.html</ref>
In October 2006, a Çakmak Spiritual Christian cemetery in Turkey was vandalized. The grave was found robbed and filled with trash.<ref>http://molokane.org/places/Turkey/Kars/2006_Cemetery.html</ref>
On February 14, 2020, gravestones in the Ortakoy Christian cemetery in Ankara were destroyed.<ref>https://en.protothema.gr/attacks-on-christian-cemeteries-alarm-turkeys-christians/</ref> On the same day, vandals broke a cross of a deceased woman's grave. A few days earlier, a group of Turkish Muslims shouting "Allahu Akbar" tried to sabotage the burial service.<ref>https://haber.sat7turk.com/hate-attack-on-the-latin-catholic-cemetery-in-trabzon/</ref>
On February 14, 2020, gravestones in the Ortaköy Christian cemetery in Ankara were destroyed.<ref>https://en.protothema.gr/attacks-on-christian-cemeteries-alarm-turkeys-christians/</ref> On the same day, vandals broke a cross of a deceased woman's grave. A few days earlier, a group of Muslims shouting "Allahu Akbar" tried to sabotage the burial service.<ref>https://haber.sat7turk.com/hate-attack-on-the-latin-catholic-cemetery-in-trabzon/</ref>
In August 2020, graves in an Armenian cemetery were desecrated.<ref>https://www.turkishminute.com/2020/08/13/graves-in-armenian-cemetery-vandalized-amid-growing-hostility-against-minorities-in-turkey/</ref>
In August 2020, graves in an Armenian cemetery were desecrated.<ref>https://www.turkishminute.com/2020/08/13/graves-in-armenian-cemetery-vandalized-amid-growing-hostility-against-minorities-in-turkey/</ref>