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 ...

Prominent representatives of Turkey’s Alevi minority sharply criticized the government’s move to include elective courses on the Alevi faith in school curricula as part of the new controversial ...

Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has rarely spoken about being part of Turkey's Alevi minority - Copyright POOL/AFP SERGEI ILNITSKY Opposition leader Kemal ...

The AKP deputy Reha Çamuroğlu, also the Prime Minister’s consultant for the matters related to Turkey’s Alevi community resigns his post, claiming that the AKP administration will not implement the ...

The man seeking to dislodge Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Turkey’s leader has shaken up next month’s presidential elections by declaring his identity as an Alevi — a member of the country’s main religious ...

Ali Erdem leads his Alevi community each week in a ceremony filled with symbolic ritual, music and dance, performing in a place of worship that has been thrust into political debate ahead of Turkish ...

A political taboo has been broken in the prelude to the May presidential elections in Turkey. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief rival, has spoken out about being an Alevi – a ...

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 ...