"TURKEY: FOCUS - ALEVIS RAISE THEIR VOICE
Istanbul, 30 Dec. (AKI) - The Alevis, one of Turkey's main religious communities, have spoken out against discrimination in the Turkish educational system. The Alevi Foundation has filed a lawsuit against Turkey's education ministry at an Ankara court challenging the ministry's failure to cover Alevi beliefs in school textbooks. The Foundation, representing many of Turkey’s Alevi communities contends the ministry broke its promise by failing to make approved changes to religious textbooks for the 2005-2006 school year to correct what they allege is pro-Sunni bias."
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