Malatya trial reveals unsettling implications for believers

Photo by Compass Direct/Necati Aydin, Tilmann Geske, Ugur Yuksel Turkey (MNN) ― Recent testimony in Turkey's Malatya slayings trial revealed unsettling issues. In the seventh hearing on Monday, a witness confirmed that Turkish security forces had been keeping a close eye on the three Christians' alleged missionary activities prior to the brutal killings in 2007. So while the government may claim ignorance, Open Doors' Carl Moeller says, "If they're watching such a tiny group of Christians so carefully, it's impossible that they would not also be aware of clandestine ultra-nationalists or terrorists wanting to attack them. So even though terrorist groups may be carrying out these attacks, it is with the knowledge that the government possesses, that the government is not intervening and protecting Christians." On April 18,... [read full story]