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Alevi organizations call on Turkish authorities to lift compulsory religious classes and recognize cemevis
Alevi organizations on Sunday staged demonstrations in several provinces of Turkey demanding that compulsory religion classes in schools be abolished and that cemevis, Alevi...
Mosques get millions in funding for lighting while cemevis get high electricity bills
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) has allocated TL 103.5 million ($7.6 million) for the illumination of mosques amid recent debates regarding high electricity bills...
Former Turkish minister is planning attack on Alevi house of worship, mob boss claims
A Turkish crime boss who has been making scandalous allegations about the relationship between state actors and the mafia has claimed that former Turkish...
AKP promises in its election manifesto to keep state of emergency in effect
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which released its election manifesto for the June 24 general election on Thursday, has promised to...