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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Alevis enraged by linkage to incest in German show

"Alevis enraged by linkage to incest in German show
Members of the Turkish Alevi community in Germany stated on Friday that they are planning legal action and protests over an episode of a popular series on German television linking Alevis to incest.

Some 300 members of the Alevi community gathered outside the studios of the state-funded ARD station in Berlin on Thursday, claiming that it was slandered in an episode of the 'Tatort' (Crime Scene) detective series broadcast on Dec. 23. It has called for a larger demonstration in the western city of Cologne on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported."

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