Turkey: Information on the Alevi Moslems; percentage of population by district, region or nationality; attitude of majority Sunnis to Alevis; attitude of central government; difference in attitude of central government towards Alevi Turks and Alevi Kurds; association with particular political parties and the number or percentage of Alevis in off positions
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TUR21243.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Turkey: Information on the Alevi Moslems; percentage of population by district, region or nationality; attitude of majority Sunnis to Alevis; attitude of central government; difference in attitude of central government towards Alevi Turks and Alevi Kurds; association with particular political parties and the number or percentage of Alevis in off positions, 1 July 1995, TUR21243.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad3258.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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For information on the above-mentioned subjects, please refer to Country Reports 1994 page 1004 and Responses to Information Requests TUR20798.E of 26 May 1995, TUR20153.F of 30 March 1995, TUR17867.E of 27 July 1994, TUR16558.E of 29 March 1994, TUR16597.E of 21 February 1994, TUR14511 of 29 June 1993, TUR4009 of 25 January 1990, TUR3576 of 11 January 1990, TUR3414 of 12 January 1990, TUR2812 of 9 November 1989, and TUR2352 of 5 October 1989, which are available at Regional Documentation Centres and to the attached documents.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
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_____. 13 March 1995. "Istanbul: Nouvelles violences et couvre-feu dans le quartier alevi." (NEXIS)
_____. 5 July 1993. "Fears of New, Wider Violence in Rushdie Unrest Town." (NEXIS)
The Independent [London]. 14 March 1995. Tony Barber. "Police Kill 12 in Turkish Religious Violence." (NEXIS)
Inter Press Service (IPS). 23 May 1995. Nadire Mater. "Turkey-Human Rights: Missing Man Found Dead, Police Suspected." (NEXIS)
_____. 13 April 1995. Nadire Mater. "Turkey: Alawites Agitate for Judicial Action in the Wake of Riots." (NEXIS)
_____. 13 March 1995. Nadire Mater. "Turkey-Religion: Fourteen Die as Police Confront Rioting Alevites." (NEXIS)
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_____. 17 March 1995. Nicole Pope. "Turkey: Communal Discord."
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