Opposition Presidential candidate Kilicdaroglu's Alevi identity was perceived by some Turkish Islamist and secularist sectarians as an electoral barrier. However, when Kilicdaroglu actively embraced ...

While the Turkish government is at the forefront of condemning the brutal crackdown on dissent in Damascus, a different perspective can be found among the nation's large Alevi minority. It feels ties ...

An initiative announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, with the declared aim of empowering the country's Alevi citizens, has triggered mixed reactions within the community. The ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government adopted a new law to grant the Alevi community more rights, but Alevi leaders and opposition parties said that it doesn’t give them religious equality.

ISTANBUL — Alevi Muslims, Turkey's largest religious minority, are widely seen as the biggest losers in the government's recent package of democratic reforms. Recognition of Alevi religious rights was ...

Alevi organizations in Turkey: We don’t pay our taxes so that you invest in sharia Alevi organizations protested compulsory religious education at schools by holding protest demonstrations in İstanbul ...

A dozen Kurdish and Alevi TV channels were closed on Wednesday evening by the Turkish government with the crackdown following the failed 15 July coup attempt showing no sign of abating. The channels ...

Turkey is a country with diverse beliefs. Its religious diversity, however, is neither acknowledged nor appreciated. Instead, the country is portrayed to be homogenous, with a 99.8% Islamic population ...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Alevis - Turkey's second-largest religious group after Sunni Muslims - are denied the right to freedom of religion. State recognition of the faith was ...

Government has sent envoys to consult Alevis on demands Alevis seek official recognition of places of worship Have long complained of assimilation pressures, bias Support for ruling AK Party dwindling ...

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkey’s mildly Islamist prime minister, has no qualms about reminding the public that Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the main secular ...