Christian Bookshop Vandalized

Case information
Incident date
Country
Türkiye
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Islamist
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

On the 7th and 12th of February 2009, two youths vandalized the Soz Kitapevi bookshop of the Turkish Bible Society in the city of Adana. The aggressors are suspected to be Muslim militants.

Sources: http://www.persecution.com.au/news.asp?pid=39&id=55&h=TURKEY http://www.persecutionblog.com/2009/02/turkey-christian-bookstore-in-turkey-vandalized-.html
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/8985/
http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session8/TR/ECLJ_UPR_TUR_S08_2010_EuropeanCentreforLawandJustice.pdf