turkey trial update

my friend scott in turkey writes:
Below is a recent article from the trial. Please continue to keep this in your prayers. As you will notice from the report it looks to get more difficult in the days to come and hints of linking us to the case are starting to come out. ("Kerincsiz also demanded that the case be tried under Turkey's anti-terrorism laws, claiming that documents confiscated from the men's office indicated they were part of an illegal organization.") This is a concern for us and we are praying about adding more legal counsel.

TURKEY: CONVERTS’ TRIAL SHOWS TENSIONS BEFORE POPE’S VISIT
November 27 (Compass Direct News) – A criminal trial against two Turkish Christians accused of “insulting Turkishness” and inciting hatred against Islam grabbed national media coverage as religious tensions mounted before the visit of Pope Benedict XVI tomorrow. Hakan Tastan, 37, and Turan Topal, 46, emerged from the opening hearing at Silivri Criminal Court on Thursday (November 23) to a cluster of clamoring journalists. Tastan promptly stepped up to the microphones to state, “We are being accused because we are Christians and because we have done missionary work.” Formally the two Christians are charged with violating Article 301 of the Turkish penal code for allegedly denigrating “Turkish identity.” The two former Muslims are also accused under separate statutes of reviling Islam and secretly compiling files on private citizens. “We don’t use force to tell anyone about Christianity,” Tastan said. “But we are Christians, and if the Lord permits, we will continue to proclaim this.” rest of article