Christians pay price as Turkey turns to Islam after attempted coup.
The attempted coup in Turkey sent shockwaves around the world. Here was a Nato ally, thrown into chaos overnight. MARCO GIANNANGELI in Istanbul uncovers how the power struggle has paved the way for a more extreme form of Islam to take hold. By MARCO GIANNENGELI - Express.
For others the night presented different opportunities as hardline Muslim
Sunnis, whipped up to a frenzy, targeted Turkey’s Christian
community.
In Matalya, a sprawling city in Anatolia, once the heartland of
Christianity in the East, they targeted a Protestant
church.
The word church is a grand term for the small, modern shopfront nestled
in the city’s minority Alevi district.
