Attack on Orthodox Priest Foiled by Police

Case information
Incident date
Country
Türkiye
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Political
Societal Sphere
  • Media

An attack on an Orthodox priest was foiled by Turkish police. The suspect confessed that he had been influenced by the portrayal of Christian missionaries in the TV series “The Valley of the Wolves”, where young Turkish people were depicted as being deceived and bribed for converting to Christianity.


Source: http://reuters.com/ (December 31st, 2007) Please view also our report on the TV series.

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