Kartal Cemevi

The funeral of producer and founder of Kalan Music, Hasan Saltık, who died of a heart attack at the age of 57 on June 2 in the Bodrum district of Muğla, was laid to rest on June 4 in Istanbul's Küçükyalı Cemetery.

The city councils of Istanbul and the Aegean province of İzmir have decided to grant Alevi worship places, known as cemevi in Turkish, a legal status of "house of worship" in order to provide public services and discounts that are given to mosques, churches and synagogues.

Unknown assailants attacked a cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, in Istanbul on Nov. 9 and attempted to set the building on fire.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has visited a cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, in eastern Turkey, just months after he outlined a set of comprehensive action plans for the fulfillment of his party's pre-election promises to different segments of society.