Democratic initiative

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has outlined a set of comprehensive action plans for the fulfillment of pre-election promises to different segments of society, particularly on the status of Alevis. 

Having almost completed its planned legislative program before officially taking over as the newly elected 64th government of Turkey, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is expected to prioritize a fresh "Alevi opening" to address the status and rights of Alevi citizens.

Anti-Semitism has risen in recent years in Turkey, a U.S. State Department report has said, adding that the Turkish government has continued to discriminate against its non-Sunni Muslim citizens.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reportedly signaled he has no intention of giving a mandate to form a new government to the Republican People’s Party (CHP), indicating instead his willingness to form a short-tenure government that would carry the country to early elections.

A religious service was held at an Alevi house of worship which has been turned into museum, the Hac? Bekta?-? Veli dervish convent, for the first time after almost two centuries with the cooperation of Alevi associations from Turkey and Europe. 

I have never been disrespectful of the president. I have never addressed him by his first name, ?Tayyip.? I have never used a condescending expression like ?RTE,? the initials of Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

The reason why I use his first name, ?Tayyip,? is to differentiate his last period from the period of 2002 ? 2007, when he was Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

State-run Anadolu reported this week that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to “bargain” with Greece for the reopening of the Halki Orthodox seminary in Turkey.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stirred a heated debate in Turkey by reading an Islamic-toned, patriotic poem in a television commercial filmed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Turkish victory in the Gallipoli campaign during World War I.

Turkey?s government cannot take further steps in the peace process unless the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) lays down its arms and takes concrete steps to foster peace, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu met with representatives of the Alevi communities in Istanbul late March 21, after which many of the representatives stated they did not expect concrete solutions to their problems before the upcoming elections in June.