The Baha’i population in Turkey numbers at approximately 10,000. Like their counterparts in most countries in the region, Turkish Baha’is cannot state their religious affiliation in identity cards as the Baha’i Faith is not listed as one of the options. In 2006, a ruling permitted citizens to either leave the religion field blank, or change [...]

The following story originally appeared in Radio Free Europe Every Thursday at dusk, members of one of Iran’s most beleaguered religious minorities gather at Tehran’s railway station. With anxious, teary eyes, they are there to see off relatives and fellow Baha’is who have decided to pull up stakes forever and take the 8 p.m. train [...]

According to the Turkish Daily News: The Baha’i community in Turkey wants official recognition from the state and desires the elimination of prejudices and inaccurate public descriptions of their faith. The Baha’i faith has around 10,000 members in Turkey. [...] Rights once given to them between 1960 and 1990 were taken away when the Interior [...]