Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Turkey's Alevi Question

Turkey's Alevi Question
Posted GMT 11-20-2013 1:38:17

Like the Kurdish problem, predominantly Sunni Turkey has had an age-old Alevi problem. Like the Kurdish problem, there are efforts today by the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to solve this problem, too. These efforts also tie in with Ankara's steps aimed at appeasing the Shiites in the Middle East.

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