Tag: David Byle

Turkey refuses entry to N. American Christian evangelist

November 26, 2018 Turkey Ankara, David Byle, Istanbul, Proselytism, Turkey

Turkish immigration authorities refused to permit Canadian-American Christian David Byle to enter Turkey when he returned to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport last week. After living and ministering in Turkey for the past 19 years, the 49-year-old evangelist was told by police officials on his arrival on 20 November that a . . . Read More

Turkey gives Western Christian evangelist 15 days to leave country

October 25, 2018 Turkey Ankara, David Byle, Istanbul, Police, Proselytism, Turkey, USA

After 20 months in bureaucratic limbo, Canadian-American Christian David Byle was arrested on 13 October and detained overnight by security police in Ankara, the Turkish capital. His detention took place the morning after US pastor Andrew Brunson was ordered released by an Izmir court and allowed to return to the . . . Read More

Turkish court blocks US Christian’s deportation

February 17, 2017 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Coup, David Byle, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Proselytism, Ryan Keating

David Byle preaching in Turkey.World Watch Monitor Turkey’s Constitutional Court intervened promptly this week to block temporarily the pending deportation and re-entry ban ordered against a US citizen active in Christian ministry in Turkey for the past 17 years. Without the high court’s provisional ruling, Canadian-American David Byle would . . . Read More

UPDATE: Turkey jails US pastor on ‘terrorism’ allegations

December 9, 2016 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Coup, David Byle, Gaziantep, Izmir

UPDATE (9 Dec.): A Turkish judge sent Rev. Andrew Brunson to prison in Izmir today, 64 days after the US pastor and his wife, Norine, were detained on 7 Oct. under Interior Ministry deportation orders. Although his wife was released on 19 Oct. and given an extended permit to remain . . . Read More

Turkey blacklists foreign evangelist without explanation

December 17, 2013 Turkey Bibles, David Byle, Jerry Mattix

A Canadian-American street evangelist left Istanbul on Saturday (Dec. 14) after Turkey’s Ministry of Interior repeatedly denied him a residence permit with no explanation. David Byle, Chairman of the Bible Correspondence Course (BCC), has opened a court case against Turkey’s Ministry of Interior in an effort to remove his name . . . Read More

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