Tag Archives: Alevis in Turkey

The Guardian: Erdoğan’s split personality, the reformer v the tyrant – Ian Traynor

Recep Tayyip Erdogan'

The Turkish prime minister revealed the iron fist in his velvet glove this summer, but of which is his true character built? All summer long, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been in a very bad mood. The public squares and parks of Istanbul and several other Turkish cities were taken over by protesters he angrily dismissed as “riff-raff”, turning the full [...] → Read the full article…

Joint Declaration by Alevi organizations

Joint Declaration by Alevi organizations in Turkey, Europe, North America and Australia to the world and Turkish public  The Turkish media are reporting the presence of proposals relating to the Alevi community in the so-called “democratization package” that is currently being prepared by the AKP government. As much as we can gather from the media, these proposals – presented as [...] → Read the full article…