Armenians, Alevis, and other Christians remained the subject of hate speech and discrimination in Turkey, State Department said in its Report on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
According to the report, the term “Armenian” remained a common slur. Attacks on Christian and Jewish places of worship were rare, but on April 29, vandals scrawled nationalist graffiti and dumped trash outside an Armenian church in Istanbul. Government authorities, including Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, condemned the attack and opened an investigation, resulting in the detention of a suspect.
