- 1845-04-16 — Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí was removed from his prison cell in Baghdád and taken to Istanbul, where he was sentenced to hard labour in the imperial naval dockyard.
- 1846-12-00 —
- 1868-04-00 —
Seven Bahá'ís in Constantinople were arrested and interrogated by a commission of inquiry whose mandate it was to verify the claims of Bahá'u'lláh and Mírzá Yahyá. [BKG250–2; GPB179; MF99–100 RB2:3289]
- See RB2:329–32 for the conduct of the interrogations.
- Among those arrested was Mishkín-Qalam, the calligrapher. He was particularly distraught because he is not allowed pen or paper. Eventually these were given to him. [BKG252]
- 1928-10-00 —
A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Bahá'ís began in Turkey. [BBR474]
- Several Bahá'ís were arrested as a result and a close investigation of Bahá'í affairs in Turkey was made by the judiciary and the police. [BBR474]
- 1928-12-13 —
The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Bahá'ís of Turkey was brought before a criminal tribunal. [PP316]
- The Bahá'ís were able to make known the history and tenets of the Faith. [PP316–17; UD78–9]
- 1928-12-13 — The pronouncement of the verdit of the court in the case of the official inquiry into the activities of the Bahá'í Faith.
As the result of being mistaken for a secret political society, the members of the Spiritual Assemblies of Constantinople and Smyrna were seized and imprisoned at the police station overnight. After cross–examination for eight consecutive hours by high state officials, they were acquitted and released the following day. The result was that all newspapers carried the story with front page headlines, and the population was made thoroughly aware of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh.
[BW3 p121; Bahá'í Administration> p151-152; Bahá'í Administration p167-169] - 1932-11-00 — A number of Bahá'ís were arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]
- 1932-12-02 — By this time there were 15 Bahá'ís under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]
- 1933-02-06 — By this date there were about 50 Bahá'ís under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR475; PP317]
- 1933-03-31 — The 50 Bahá'ís imprisoned in Adana were released. [BBR475]
- 1959-03-01 —
A number of Bahá'ís, members of the local spiritual assembly, were arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC306]
- The incident received wide coverage in the press and the Bahá'ís were eventually released from prison. [MC306]
- A court case was subsequently brought against the Bahá'ís by the public prosecutor, who claimed that the Faith is a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the land, and lengthy litigation followed. [MC306–7]
- 1961-01-17 —
Following the arrest of Bahá'ís in Turkey in March 1959 and the subsequent court case, the Turkish court received the findings of three outstanding religious scholars that the Bahá'í Faith was an independent religion. [MoC308]
- For details of the history of the case see MoC306–8.
- 1961-07-15 —
The Turkish court declared the Bahá'í Faith to be a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the land.<
- The Bahá'ís were 'forgiven', released and the case against them dropped. [MoC308]
- The National Spiritual Assembly decided to appeal the decision to a higher court and national spiritual assemblies were asked to make representations to the Turkish ambassadors in their respective countries. [MoC308]
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