Modern Martyrs in Turkey

A Letter to the Global Church from The Protestant Church of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey)

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The young men got guns, knives, ropes and towels ready for their final act of service to Allah. They knew there would be a lot of blood. They arrived around 10 o’clock, and apparently the Bible study began. Reportedly, after Necati read a chapter from the Bible the assault began. The boys tied Ugur, Necati, and Tilmann’s hands and feet to chairs. They then brutally tortured our brothers for almost three hours and then slit their throats.
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In an act that hit front pages in the largest newspapers in Turkey, Susanne Geske in a television interview expressed her forgiveness. She did not want revenge, she told reporters. “Oh God, forgive them for they know not what they do,” she said, wholeheartedly agreeing with the words of Christ on Calvary (Luke 23:34).

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