Turkey’s Alevi community, a religious group that differs from Sunni Islam, is making preparations for a mass protest in the Turkish capital on Nov. 9 in an effort to highlight the long-standing Alevi issue.
Several Alevi associations and hundreds of activists are planning to meet at a “Grand Alevi Rally” scheduled for Nov. 7-8 in various cities across Turkey, which will be followed by a mass protest in Ankara on Nov. 9.

The protests are an effort to push the government to grant Alevis the rights they’ve been deprived of for years, according to a statement sent to Sunday’s Zaman by the Ankara-based Alevi Bektaþi Federation (ABF), which represents dozens of Alevi associations. Turkey’s Alevi community hopes to remind the public of problems they face and call on political parties and groups to keep their pledges to find a solution to the country’s decades-old Alevi question.

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For what I know (which isn´t much I admit) Alevi´s seem to me more women-friendly than other Islamic movements. Men and women can pray together, no obligation for a scarf. An Alevi around who can tell more? I really like to hear.