You are turning the other cheek right into irrelevance.
Let’s not be too hard on Christians in Turkey. They are a whittled down hated minority & Erdogan can sic the Muslim mobs on them in an instant to burn their remaining churches and kill as many as possible.
The Turkish bishops’ statement can be read between the lines: “We’re hostages in our own country and there’s nothing we can do about it, except try not to bring Erdogan’s wrath down on us.”