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| 1845. c. 16 Apr |
Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí was removed from his prison cell in Baghdád and taken to Istanbul, where he was sentenced to hard labour in the imperial naval dockyard. |
Istanbul (Constantinople); Turkey; Baghdad; Iraq |
Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution, Iraq; Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution |
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| 1846. Dec |
Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí died in Istanbul naval dockyards. He was the first martyr of the Bábí Dispensation. [Bahá’í Encyclopedia] |
Istanbul (Constantinople); Turkey |
Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution; Firsts, Other; Letters of the Living |
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| 1868. Apr |
Seven Bahá'ís in Constantinople were arrested and interrogated by a commission of inquiry whose mandate it was to verify the claims of Bahá'u'lláh and Mírzá Yahyá. [BKG250–2; GPB179; MF99–100 RB2:3289]
See RB2:329–32 for the conduct of the interrogations.
Among those arrested was Mishkín-Qalam, the calligrapher. He was particularly distraught because he is not allowed pen or paper. Eventually these were given to him. [BKG252] |
Istanbul (Constantinople); Turkey |
Mishkin-Qalam; Calligraphy; Persecution; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution, Turkey |
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| 1928 Oct |
A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Bahá’ís began in Turkey. [BBR474]
Several Bahá’ís were arrested as a result and a close investigation of Bahá’í affairs in Turkey was made by the judiciary and the police. [BBR474] |
Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution |
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| 1928 13 Dec |
The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Bahá’ís of Turkey was brought before a criminal tribunal. [PP316]
The Bahá’ís were able to make known the history and tenets of the Faith. [PP316–17; UD78–9]
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Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution; Court cases; Human rights |
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| 1932 Nov |
A number of Bahá’ís were arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474] |
Adana; Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution |
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| 1932 2 Dec |
By this time there were 15 Bahá’ís under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474] |
Adana; Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution |
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| 1933 6 Feb |
By this date there were about 50 Bahá’ís under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR475; PP317] |
Adana; Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution |
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| 1933 End Mar |
The 50 Bahá’ís imprisoned in Adana were released. [BBR475] |
Adana; Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution |
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| 1959 Mar |
A number of Bahá’ís, members of the local spiritual assembly, were arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC306]
The incident received wide coverage in the press and the Bahá’ís were eventually released from prison. [MC306]
A court case was subsequently brought against the Bahá’ís by the public prosecutor, who claimed that the Faith is a ‘Tarighat’, a sect forbidden by the law of the land, and lengthy litigation followed. [MC306–7] |
Ankara; Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution; LSA; Court cases |
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| 1961 17 Jan |
Following the arrest of Bahá’ís in Turkey in March 1959 and the subsequent court case, the Turkish court received the findings of three outstanding religious scholars that the Bahá’í Faith was an independent religion. [MoC308]
For details of the history of the case see MoC306–8. |
Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution; Court cases; Human rights |
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| 1961 15 Jul |
The Turkish court declared the Bahá’í Faith to be a ‘Tarighat’, a sect forbidden by the law of the land.<
The Bahá’ís were ‘forgiven’, released and the case against them dropped. [MoC308]
The National Spiritual Assembly decided to appeal the decision to a higher court and national spiritual assemblies were asked to make representations to the Turkish ambassadors in their respective countries. [MoC308] |
Turkey |
Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution; Court cases; Human rights; NSA |
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