Erdogan’s neo-nationalist allies escalate their campaign against Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Vatican - Nordic Monitor

Erdogan’s neo-nationalist allies escalate their campaign against Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Vatican - Nordic Monitor

Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A militant neo-nationalist faction in Turkey known as the Ulusalcılar — or Eurasianists (Avrasyacılar) — has intensified its campaign of harassment and intimidation of the country’s shrinking Greek Orthodox and Catholic communities. The group, long associated with violence and benefitting from impunity, has been allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since 2014, enjoying protection and political cover. Most recen…