Alevis

The Alevi-Bektashi Culture and Cemevi Presidency will be established to meet Alevi-Bektashi citizens' demands and institutionalize the administration of cemevis, Alevi houses of worship, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced.

A waterfall in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya has dried out due to the effects of global warming and low precipitation in a time when environmental disasters because of climate change are becoming more common.

The former chairman of the Alevi Bektaşi Federation, an umbrella organization of the Alevi community in Turkey, has criticized references of cemevis in the latest curriculum presented by the Education Ministry, which do not describe cemevis as a house of worship.

Concerns have been raised in the Central Anatolian province of Malatya after the doors of several homes in an Alevi neighborhood were “marked” red in the early hours of Nov. 2.

Turkey's Union of Education Workers (Eğitim-Sen) and Alevi Bektaşi Federation, a leading umbrella organization of the Alevi community, held a rally in Istanbul's Kartal district on Sept. 17, demanding a "secular, scientific and public education free-of-charge in the mother tongue."

The Cem Foundation, a foundation that represents a portion of Turkey's Alevi sect, has asked the Turkish Education Ministry for the concepts of "Salafism" and "jihad" to be removed from the renewed education curriculum, saying these concepts could make "radical religious groups" feel encouraged.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has excoriated the government for postponing ceremonies to commemorate an Alevi saint in the southeastern province of Adıyaman.

Resolving the conflicts between Alevi and Sunni teachings is one of Turkey's most important responsibilities, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said on the occasion of Nevruz.

Resolving the conflicts between Alevi and Sunni teachings is one of Turkey's most important responsibilities, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said on the occasion of Nevruz.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said the government will hold an official ceremony in Ankara to mark the birthday of Caliph Ali, 27 years after the last time it was celebrated with the Alevi community of Turkey.