Protestantism in Turkey

Protestants and also Anglicans comprise far less than one tenth of one percent of the population of Turkey.^[1]

The constitution of Turkey recognizes freedom of religion for individuals, although they tend to make anti-Christian policies. The Armenian Protestants own three Istanbul Churches from the 19th century.^[2] On 4th of November 2006, a Protestant place of worship was attacked with six Molotov cocktails.^[3] In 2007 three Protestants were killed at a Bible publishing house in Malatya, allegedly by the JİTEM.^[4] Turkish media have criticized Christian missionary activity intensely.^[5] There is an Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey.^[6]

There is a small ethnic Turkish Protestant Christian community in Turkey include about 4,000-5,000^[7] adherents, most of them came from Muslim Turkish background.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Denominations

Protestant

• Baptist church
• Bulgarian Congregational Church
• Evangelical Alliance Church
• German Protestant Church
• Greek Evangelical Church
• Religious Society of Friends
• Turk Protestant Church^[12]
• Union Church of Istanbul
• Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in Near East
• Church of England - It separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 with the Act of Supremacy and understands itself to be both Catholic and Reformed (Protestant)^[13]

See also

• Christianity in Turkey
• Religious minorities in Turkey

References

Source of the list: The World Christian Encyclopedia, Second edition, Volume 1, p. 756