Christians in Turkey are hoping that the country’s new constitution will guarantee the same rights for them as for Muslims.
A commission was recently set up by the Turkish parliament and tasked with writing up the country’s sixth constitution. A first draft is expected by June.
Christians were invited this week by the commission to present their views on the new constitution, alongside representatives of other minority groups.
“We hope that the new constitution will highlight freedom,” Patriarch Yusuf Sag, leader of the Syrian Catholic Church in Turkey, told Fides news agency.
“We want a constitution that accepts and embraces all just like a mother does with her children.
“We have no expectations other than those of the Muslim Turks … we expect to have the same rights as Muslim Turk citizens.”
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