by TurkeyPurge | Mar 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 16 people affiliated with the Erzincan-based Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Association (PSAKD), have been put in pre-trial detention for “providing support to a terrorist organization,” the Birgün daily reported. According to the report, among the arrestees are...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Religious Minorities, Today in Crackdown
The home of an Istanbul family with reported Alevi background was attacked with racist graffiti on its door that read: “Get out, atheist,” on Thursday night. According to Mezopotamya news agency, the walls of the apartment was also marked with crosses and “three...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Amid tension arising from the marking of Alevi houses in a neighborhood in the province of Malatya, the Association of Kurtuluş Churches was attacked on Friday evening, DHA reported. According to the report a window of the church association’s office was broken in the...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
Members of the Alevi community in Turkey’s Malatya province have voiced concern after at least thirteen of their houses were allegedly marked with red cross by unknown people. Red crosses marked with red paint were spotted on the outside walls and doors of several...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey has been ordered to pay 54,400 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to the Cem Foundation for violating its Alevi citizens’ freedom of faith and discriminating against cemevis, Alevi worship houses, the Diken news website reported on...
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