Turkish Far-Right Leader Calls for Recognition of Alevi Cemevis as Houses of Worship - Turkish Minute

Turkish far-right leader calls for recognition of Alevi cemevis as houses of worship - Stockholm Center for Freedom

The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers preventing the recognition of cemevis, Alevi houses of worship, as official places of worship, a longstanding demand of the country’s Alevi community, Turkish Minute reported. Speaking at his party’s parliamentary group meeting, Devlet Bahçeli said cemevis should be treated with the same respect as mosques and urged greater understandi…

Turkish far-right leader calls for recognition of Alevi cemevis as houses of worship - Turkish Minute

The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers preventing the recognition of cemevis, Alevi houses of worship, as official places of worship, a longstanding demand of the country’s Alevi community, the Anka news agency reported. Speaking at his party’s parliamentary group meeting, Devlet Bahçeli said cemevis should be treated with the same respect as mosques and urged greater under…