Land of Faith: Türkiye’s Religious Minorities

[@JimySlow-wq9bw]

Terima kasih-thank you made n share this amazing documentary video salam lots ❤ for all Turkiye-Turkish people from Jkrta

[@TheBezaleel]

An amazing film. As a Brit, I first visited Turkey in 1996. Returning for two holidays this year, I have been amazed at the progress of your beautiful country. The natural beauty and incredible history is astonishing, but it is your people that makes it so special. I am looking forward to visiting Istanbul in January 2025.

[@Mobile-pd1uc]

Where are you visiting from and can you mention the progress thanks.

[@francisjacquart9618]

YOU ARE EITHER NAIVE OR STUPID! THIS MOVIE IS NOTHING ELSE, BUT PROPAGANDA AND LIES!

[@starmoon4510]

You visit a land that slaughtered Christians?

[@basicinfo8786]

Pakistani Britons 😂

[@sugsri2385]

If you love freedom give the same freedom to other Religion

[@propheticadmirer1701]

It's 99 percent muslims. Which freedom is curtailed to other religions. Have you ever stepped in Türkiye.

[@GD-bm1bu]

What they can't do tell me

[@istanbullubenim5543]

What freedom you want ?

[@MohamedAbdallahSaid]

The Quran says there is no compulsion in religion. Those opposing freedom of religion among muslims are ignorant and influenced by politics.While Islam does not separate the state and religion, Islam does not change its teachings in the name of politics. Politics have to follow Islam.

[@KhamasInternational710]

Western zionists need to learn this.

[@haticeceliktas757]

Çok güzel eviniz güle güle oturun,huzurla yaşayın..

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

At the same, what happened to us Assyrians, how our rights were challenges with oppressive campaigns, our properties and wealth stolen and never given back and reparated are still issues not responded, ignored and rejected by the Turkish authorities in as well for Syrians, Iraqi and Iranian authorities. However, today we are moving forwards, towards a dialogue, coexistence in a place where we have little say or capacity to anchor and protect our heritage, language and practices. We are proud to be speaking all the languages, being polyglots in many cases for Assyrians, but we need authorities hand in hand consolidating our rights to be able to exist and cohabit. Assyrians are still being threatened now with the Syrian situation.

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

It’s worth mentioning that today, the Assyrians in northern Iraq face challenges, wether in the limitations of their movements in Assyrian dominated towns and villages (eg: Alqosh, Nalha, etc), facing at the same time land grabbing legalized by the Kurdish court (eg: Badarash; Zakho région, etc), face constant sexualization and sexual harassment of Assyrian women by Kurdish individuals with a lack of awareness and education, the lack of subventions for Assyrian-speaking schools with constant pressure from k her dish authorities to shift to a fully Kurdish-speaking schools instead, Assyrian schools are continuously moved from one place to another in deteriorated infrastructure (eg: Bahra school), Assyrian schools have Kurdish military propaganda painted on their walls with military offices and guns.

[@luciusssss9823]

Yes, yes, we, the minorities, are very happy in Turkey. There is no discrimination! We hold high-level positions in the army, we can become high-level state administrators such as governors and judges. Then our churches are very safe, so safe that the police who used to wait at the door only on Sundays are now there every day of the week. 😂Nobody enters the church and says Allahu Akbar, or interrupts the service. For example, nobody is bothered by our Christmas trees during Christmas! They don't burn our Christmas tree! 🙃Or nobody calls us "infidels". Imams don't preach against us, on the contrary, they say go and ask how we are. More importantly, Turks accept that our ancestors have been around for thousands of years and don't treat us like foreigners 🥲. Turks who converted to Christianity later are much happier. Their families support them and they are still seen as Turks by other Turks 😅. Here you go, Turkey in the virtual world. Or rather, the Türkiye that Muslim Turks think of.

[@gokhanmurat396]

Bro, from every single word in your comment, it's obvious you're a petty Indian and reflecting your own country. You have no idea about Turkey.".

[@JonahYeti]

😂 Ur not from there obviously so stfu please

[@0marginal0]

We, christians never did a genocide in America and stoled all the ressources of this continent... we christians never massacred stoled the ressources (for being rich countries) and slaved africans... In fact we are living in rich countries with good infrastructures because we are more intelligent than others... We bring democracy to poor countries. We attacked Iraq because they had mass destructions weapons and we never raped women... We never used mass destruction weapon in Japan because we are peacefull... We have nothing to owe to the rest of the world. 😅😂😂😂

[@theeagleseye9467]

Trt world one of the best News Channel in world really.

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

Nice joke

[@GD-bm1bu]

True hurts ​@@Theworldsucks-kg5jv

[@istanbullubenim5543]

I agree, it;s a very good quality news channel

[@JeffersonLabadan]

Wherever people go always remember to coexist peacefully with one another and teach your children to live in peace and not to take revenge and disregard hatred to others with their religion and race. LET GO AND LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH ONE ANOTHER OR LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.

[@thatonerobloxgamer4]

what if its a message from God

[@titanenigma7639]

Actually the thing is, Islam always treat every one equality and equity even if you are a non muslim. But we Muslims need stronger Iman.

[@barryrioba3934]

Land of faith!

[@aabidullah5087]

Turkey is merg of civilisation

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

@@aabidullah5087 tell me any one Turkish Civilization Lol copied everything from Greeks Beggar Turks

[@RendererEP]

Hmmmm wonder why their numbers became so small compared to the past. HMMMM?!?!?!? 🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@0marginal0]

In your mind it cant be migration... It's certainly Turkiye's fault !

[@0marginal0]

Migration

[@RendererEP]

@0marginal0 voluntary migration?

[@JeffersonLabadan]

LET GO THE HATRED, LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH ONE ANOTHER OR LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.

[@MherDavtyan-n5y]

What a selective approach regarding minorities represented in the film. What about Armenians and minority struggles, forced Islamisation in the Ottoman Empire and beyond?

[@0marginal0]

Ottoman empire had never forced islamisation like christians did in America, Africa and Australia... They never forced to speak turkish either. Look Africa, they all speaks french and they are all christians (after being slaves).

[@milutinmilosevic58]

@@0marginal0 Ottoman Empire had almost 2 million slaves and whoever couldn't pay tax they would take away their children and recruit them and convert them into Muslims and Ottoman soldiers. Ottomans charged non-Christians a so-called tax. Look at the Balkan region, and half of the Middle East, where a lot of Muslim converts live.

[@dudethadude4382]

​@@milutinmilosevic58 first half is a complete lie. For the second part the same thing still exists today. It was not specified to minorities anyone who wanted to be exempted from army duty pays it even today. Christians, jews usually chose to pay it as a tax. And there are clear records of these taxes which are completely different from colonial propaganda. Idk how people see the eu colonial powers any differently than russia or china. They have been at this propaganda game for far longer than those two and they are the masters of manipulation and lies

[@dudethadude4382]

You mean like the forced christianification we see everywhere today? Cause all the rest is actually a political propaganda lie from western lobbies. I shouldnt really expected any integrity or truth from the 'strongest supporters' of armageddon cult Zs

[@SyedAliAbbas-pp2fo]

'. ...... .. . Ottoman.empi

[@jacobyahiayan9039]

Fun fact before WWI 20% of Turkey's population was Christian denominations. Today? About 0.5% - 1.00%.

[@kamalamy]

LOL definitely not close to 0.5-1% more like 0.2% including other religious groups like Judaism.

[@propheticadmirer1701]

You know the other fun fact..most of it migrated to Europe, and also do you know about the Greek Turkish population exchange of 1923 in which 1.5 million Greek christians were transferred to Greece. Other reason is obvious concerning the frustration of WW1, Turkiye's defeat might have resulted in deaths of armenians and their mass migration.

[@jacobyahiayan9039]

It was not a migration my dear. It was a Genocide of mostly Christian population.

[@faius1990]

1923 Turkiye's population was less then 10 million. (~8.700.000) . At the 1923 Turkiye- Greece population exchange details: 1.050.000 Turkopol 150.000+ Rum/Hellas total 1.200.000 Orthodox Christians advocated from Turkiye. S9 where did you get your data? Or who "produced that" theory/manipulation what you telling. !? There is math and records from both sides. State and Church records even international agreement alt/sub records.

[@faius1990]

​@propheticadmirer1701 Hellas left Turkiye before İstanbul conquered by Turks. You have no knowlage but has opinion. 1923's Ortodoks Cristian population was total 1 250.000. 1.050.000 of it Turkopol (Cristian Turks). 200K was Rum and multi etnic Hellas included. Source: Papa Efdim and Fener Ortodox Church letters about on the exchange population. You are totally wrong about subject. Also Armenians d8d not left Ottoman lands. Turks relocate Armenians and Turks , Kurds for spread them from eachother for "temporarily ". But, Ottoman lost wars and lost lands. So colonist France, UK, Russia took peaces from the Ottoman cake. Cake was Christian, Armenian cream on. It's the basic explanation for the youtube kids! Want more ? Just you have to read Armenian first Prime Minister Hovhannes Kajaznuni's book "There is nothing to do anymore ". Turks are victim! Med8a, Politicians and Priests were work8ng as today: they were living to their own people. They made genocide on Turks but they said Turks made genocide others. Lets ask hiw many Turks, Kurds killed by Christian alliance (UK, France,Russia, USA,Itally,Vatican, Soyonist Diaspora, Belgium, Serb, Greece, Arabians, Durzi, Persia etc? You were killed by Turks but Turks death buy themselves from heart attack as in Gaza Today? How millions of Turks death 1910-1923 ?? Your murderers said lie to you. They killed millions of Turks, M7slims even Cristians what they ignored to be traitor batraye to their state *Ottomam Devlet i Aliyye.

[@GoldenErra]

Justice for Hagia Sophia cathedral 💔💔✝️✝️✝️

[@bl123-w8l]

very beautiful documentary.

[@mayacardano9905]

Beautiful ❤

[@TawsifEC]

Always keep in mind that TRT is Turkish Propaganda like BBC is British Propaganda like RT is Russian Propaganda...etc

[@CrimeanKhan_112]

With this logic every news station is propaganda

[@KhamasInternational710]

But its not the same. British propaganda never shows the truth. Turkish propaganda never lies.

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

@@KhamasInternational710 both lies All are liars *JUST BECAUSE IT FIT YOUR NARRATIVE DOESN'T MEAN ITS TRUTH* *& TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER*

[@Ceilingfan-r8m]

@@KhamasInternational710you mean Turkish propaganda, never tells the truth

[@Zulkarnain68463]

And you are?

[@elicasual4054]

what about the ottoman empire history with armenian assyrian genocide?

[@Tialha]

Not every war that was started by the armenians or assyrians is called a genocide. Hope this helps

[@elicasual4054]

@ this documentary presents turkey as some kind of saviour of minoirities . When its hands is full of blood . Aka lies and hipocricy i hope that helps

[@LETGAZALIVE2024]

Ottomans saved armenians

[@dudethadude4382]

Western countries are where the propaganda shines you know. Imagine lying about so many things about those events in 1915 for a century. Did you know turkey has been asking for an international scientific team to search and establish facts about those claims? Almost every president who was asked questions about that topic asked for an international scientific team research into the matter which was denied by colonial lobbies every time. Israel denies such attempts btw i mean it will never allow an international organization to establish facts about palestinians for example or other colonial govs always deny international organizations such attempts for their crimes in africa unless they are ready to face the facts ofc. Imagine destroying a country which stood for nearly 600 years with inciting different ethnicities making them k.. each other and while destroying many of its cities. And then blaming its people with the crimes you yourselves committed. Actually its exactly like how those israelis or Zs act. Number of turkish civilian casualties was put around 3 to 5 million. And total armenian population in the ottomans at that time was nowhere even close to the number in those claims. It's scary how people in the west are okey with being raised by such a heavy propaganda driven education. In that regard you didnt move forward one step from the middle ages

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

​@@LETGAZALIVE2024 Israel is saving Palestinians Arabs

[@zahmad2925]

Any update regarding Ahmadi minorities in Turkey?

[@kevinwagner8697]

No mention about the Armenians.

[@starmoon4510]

I wonder why? The Turks never admit the Armenia genocide

[@kevinwagner8697]

@@starmoon4510 yes and they are acting like they are all inclusive-wait until Islam tries to take over the world with Sharia Law-all these groups will get hammered into the ground!!!

[@Chada-uNîzam-îCedîd]

Because armenians wanted independence then give back to natives and mexicans their land lol

[@Chada-uNîzam-îCedîd]

We were fighting 7 colonial nation and you expected a HUG When you want independence while they fight russians in caucasian

[@Chada-uNîzam-îCedîd]

You care about them because they are Christians not because they are humans ıf ıt wasnt like that you guys would cry about Palestine ıraq and afghanistsn but nahh you guys hate them 😂 Christians are just Created terrorism bunch of ıslamphobes Christian nationalists

[@edenia9080]

Süryani Kilisesinin kullandığı alfabe Soğdlar yoluyla Orta Asya'ya varıp sonrasında Uygurlar döneminde resmi alfabe olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Sonrasinda bu alfabe Moğol İmparatorluğunun da yazi sistemi olacaktır. Yazımı çok estetiktir, Latin Alfabesiyle de uzaktan akrabadır. Orta Asya'da Nesturi Hristiyanları da kullanmıştır bunu başta Öngüd Türkleri olmak üzere. Antik Mısır hiyerogliflerinden türeyip fonetikleşen alfabe zaman içinde ülkeler aşıp bozkırların sesine dönüşüyor, dünyamız hem ayrı hem bir...

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

Rich comment with insightful information. Thank you for sharing. It is worth mentioning that identifying people as Nestorian is pejorative. This word tend to be used for naming simplicity, however, they should be identified as Christians of the Church of the East (which is today still alive and named as such Church of the East - or sometimes the Assyrian church of the East)

[@edenia9080]

@@Ashr-hv8xy Thank you for pointing out, I'm just an irreligious layman. Historians keep using Nestorian though so unless church itself makes a formal warning declaration there is nothing to be done.

[@mohammadnaeem1378]

Being a Pashtun by ethnicity and language, I was surprised listening to one of the Syriac priests, who was talking about the no of daily prayers in his religion, and noticing him uttering the words, "har kas" which has exactly the same meaning in my language Pashto, i.e., "everybody".

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

Har kas is borrowed from Kurdish, many build on their shared knowledge to establish a grey zone of commonalities between different cultures, otherwise we usually say kul/kut nasha/noshe in Assyrian (Syriac)

[@mohammadnaeem1378]

@@Ashr-hv8xy Thanks for the input. Now I see. Actually, both Kurdish and Pashto are Iranian languages (Kurdish is West Iranian, Pashto, East Iranian) and that may be the reason for the commonality. I thought, it was a Turkish utterance.

[@genveon0]

@@Ashr-hv8xy not kurdish its farsi

[@SojibTube]

Great documentary From Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇹🇷

[@kehkah2120]

I love Türks 🇹🇷✨️

[@ramonarassi]

Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven only savior only healer only answer 💌✝️♾️

[@HasanBabasi]

Please do one on Alevi's next and how since the ottoman period we have been killed and hated and how people today deny how we were/are treated whenever we bring up concerns or history. The Alevi-Turkmen people have suffered greatly in Turkiye and also by our other kin during our periods in hordes.

[@polisettibaburao2328]

Turkey has strong Christian minorities.Muslims normally don't wear head cap.

[@essymwas3773]

What did you do to iconic Orthodox church,,,Hagga Sophia????????😮😮😮😮

[@propheticadmirer1701]

Hindu spotted! Why do you gyz always wish to toxify everywhere like the poor country you belong to. You don't know what Hağia Sophia is?, a mosque. It was reconverted to mosque from a museum. Before being a museum it was a mosque since the time of Sultan Mehmet Fatih. There were no christian objection to it historically since the time it was handed over to Sultan Fatih, the conqueror of Constantinople. There are no roman catholic christians living in istanbul. So it's not like how you gyz do, takeover active mosques in your country.

[@invoker7826]

It has not been a church since 1453

[@istanbullubenim5543]

What did you do to it when it was a pagan temple?

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

@@istanbullubenim5543 it was never pagan you dumb@$$ It was made as Church But muslims have a habit of stealing everything as usual And blame others

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

@@invoker7826 yes it was also not a Mosque you muslim THEIVES Always stealing others You guys are THEIVES

[@RidseardMhicCoinnich]

Interesting and educational documentary

[@annetteweber5796]

I love what Turkey are doing. Inclusiveity it creates a peaceful living for the communities. What a great example for the rest of the world. I wish to travel to turkey in the future and see their fantastic history.

[@NP1066]

No mention of Alevis of course.

[@SJ-xi3ug]

Irony: Minorities of Turkiýe

[@MohamedAbdallahSaid]

Their language share many arabic words

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

Semitic language

[@InsightGrid620]

Propoganda by state of turkey

[@InsightGrid620]

Assyrians Armenians kurdish

[@dudethadude4382]

All the colonial propaganda in short words. Full of lies btw

[@hiruyhemen2781]

I am from africa. I learn what turkey did to armenian Christian.we never forget Armenian genocide by Turkey...

[@KaraSaplantim]

That bullsh.t youre talking about has never been happened, and you may believe whatever you want. Take care about your own underdeveloped third world continent whose sources were or are being plundered by the Western Countries and all the evil they have done to you before you spoke out against us.

[@0marginal0]

Lol you are not from africa... If you were from Africa you would first learn why you speak french and why you are christian... Learn your history boy.

[@0marginal0]

😂 you don't blame France or G.B. for massacring african people but you blame Türkiye for a fake genocide... 👍 Learn your history boy.

[@angryindian7568]

They have not mentioned about 1955 and other pogroms against ,Greeks Armenians and assyrians followers of "religion of peace "😢😂😮😅😊

[@0marginal0]

😅 Islam is the best religion. Continue to worshiping a cow my hindu friend 😂. You mentionned 1955 as 'polgrom'... why not mentioning the massacre of turks in Chyprus in the sixties ?

[@genveon0]

come on jeet so lets talk about turkish people in balkan ı am sure they were always in peace huh ?

[@angryindian7568]

@genveon0 if you forcibly occupy someone's property you can't expect them to worship or garland you the response should have been more brutal for turkish people

[@yadrani4265]

Very nice documentry

[@user-ym8lz3yj8l]

There is a difference between the Assyrians and the Syriacs. The Assyrians disappeared historically like the Pharaohs and the Hittites. As for those who claim to be or call themselves Assyrians they are actually Syriacs origin but why do they deny their origin? The Syriacs live In Southeastern province of Turkiya, in Iran West Azerbaijan province, in Northern Syria and in North Iraq and Mosul... Btw the regions of Northern Syria(Aleppo, Qanashli and Raqqa provinces) and Northern Iraq and Mosul were part of Turkiya but Britain did not want to hand over these regions after WW 1 because of the Oil and the Oil Era began after WW 1.. Britain also made a demographic change in Northern Iraq by bringing the Kurds from Iran to northern Iraq. For example, the city of Erbil was part of Mosul or Nineveh province and the majority population of Erbil city was Syriacs, Arabs and Turkmen after WW 1 and the Kurds in all North Iraq and in all Iraq in general were less than 100 - 50 thousand and Iraq population was 3 million at that time i think.. The Kurds in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and the southeastern province of Turkiya are Kurds from the era of Saladin.. As for the Kurds in the southern province of Turkiya, they are Kurds from the era of the Zand dynasty that ruled Iran

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

This is a very biased position lacking historical references and contextual understanding. Forcing Assyrians to identify by their Syriac cultural heritage and inputs to deny their indigenous Assyrian identity is attacking and harming their fight for cultural preservation and respect.

[@user-ym8lz3yj8l]

I am saying historical facts and everyone knows that and not just me 🤦

[@CYRUS313]

Turky should Stop supplying fuel to i$rail

[@datujazing1287]

They are not. Its Azerbaijan. Do some deep dive

[@Mirvan-o9m]

@datujazing1287Azeri oil is passing by Turkey land into Israel so basically turkey allow oil go to Israel

[@CYRUS313]

@datujazing1287 turky and azerbaijan

[@kevinwagner8697]

the home of the muslim Brotherhood is in Istanbul not Egypt as most believe.

[@MacGyver-k2l]

Cami üstündeki tüm yanliş hilali değiştirsenler

[@konstantinos6977]

You haven't mentioned the millions of Greeks and Armenians that were slaughtered last century in what is now Turkey. Those souls are waiting for justice and it is coming soon. Don't show Turkey as a nation that respects minorities because it is not. If you go to the occupied area of Cyprus you will see animals in our churches and anything that was Greek is totally ruined.

[@soupgod1448]

Nice documentary but it feels like im watching propaganda, especially coming from TRT. Turkiye has never so good to minorities not even during the ottoman period

[@arigedhasharatham]

😊😊😅ుహ😊

[@ruzicaudovicic5802]

Revelation 1-3

[@KhamasInternational710]

Great documentary. Shows the reality of Muslim countries💚💚💚

[@kehkah2120]

Its amazing how the Türks peserv thoose 1000 years old churches.. But if u look in bulgara greece and romania and serbia they destroyed all tge Turkish mosqa and buildings..

[@AsscherMazzelaar]

champions of human rights would never do such things

[@kehkah2120]

@AsscherMazzelaar u would be surprised what they did to get that wealth 😂

[@knowitallll]

Dirty Turks kicked out Christians

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

In fact, most of our Assyrian heritage has been damaged

[@irenedoha9383]

I am seeing you in several threads. What is it you are on about 'Assyrians'? @Ashr

[@kehkah2120]

The churches in Turkish has there own religion..😂😂

[@Ashr-hv8xy]

? Christianophobia and Assyrianophobia?

[@GoldenErra]

No

[@kehkah2120]

@@Ashr-hv8xy am not like your that have phobia to all kinda things and islam.. U only exist bcux of mercy of islam If it was up to u You would kill us like in old days crusaders and todays democracy lie 😉

[@kehkah2120]

@@Ashr-hv8xy whats a assyrian anyway ? Why u have to say that ? Should i call my self the ottomons or seljuks or karahans or gokturks or beybars or metehans or the father of the world ?? What kinda propaganda is that ????😂😂😂

[@kehkah2120]

@@GoldenErra lets se do i have a phobia to Christians hmm no i dont As u xan se how many old and new churche is in muslim countrys .. Thats payed by muslim ppls tax..money And look at the west 😂😂😂 U can't even be a muslim in the west .. So why don't u stop with your phobia and anti islamic comments?

[@K-balance28]

Noah Nu'h is braintrust of all Prophets. Allah Bless them all. Ameen Ya Allah. Noah's Nu'h Arc ship landed in Turkiye. Tribes of Noah Bani Nu'h became nomads traveling to Canaan's Territory from Jordan to Lebanon to Palestine Gaza entire Holy Land of Jerusalem. Canaan's people tribe : Arab Jews Arab Muslims Arab Christians Palestinians Canaaniites. Before Israel was created, Noah Nu'h Oath parameters implemented in Holy Land of Jerusalem.