A leading persecution expert warns that Turkey, under President Erdogan, poses a significant threat to Christian communities in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. Erdogan's Islamist agenda and support for groups like HTS, which have a history of violence against Christians, raise alarm bells.
Turkey is a “key concern” for observers fearing the erasure of Christian communities of post-Assad dynasty Syria, a leading persecution expert told Breitbart News, describing Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as someone who sees “himself as a leader destined by Allah to elevate Turkey and Islam’s influence.”), answered questions from Breitbart News in the past week on the emergence of an Islamist regime in Syria under the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham .
Ankara has nonetheless reached out to HTS, encouraged the international community to embrace the jihadists and remove them from their terror lists, and encouraged commercial and diplomatic cooperation with them. “Erdogan’s ambitions are not confined to Turkey’s borders. His rhetoric often speaks of restoring past Ottoman glory, suggesting a neo-Ottoman project where he would be at the helm,” King explained. “This could mean a push for Islamic governance structures in areas Turkey influences, which traditionally does not bode well for Christian minorities”
“This situation demands vigilant international oversight to ensure that the rights and safety of Christians are not further compromised,” he added. Turkey openly cheered for the fall of the Assad regime and has since campaigned for the United States and other free countries to remove HTS from its terror lists and lift sanctions.
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