Alevi organizations and local residents have voiced opposition to the opening of a prayer room at a site considered sacred by the Alevi community in Dersim, southeastern Turkey. The structure was ...
The AKP deputy Reha Çamuroğlu, also the Prime Minister’s consultant for the matters related to Turkey’s Alevi community resigns his post, claiming that the AKP administration will not implement the ...
Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek rejected a proposal by opposition People’s Republican Party (CHP) deputy Hüseyin Aygün to open a “cem house” (Alevi house of worship) in Parliament, citing a “fatwa” ...