Alevi

THRACE: First Cem Evi opened for Greece's Alevis (PHOTOS)

The first Cem Evi for Greece's Alevi community in Thrace opened to much jubilation. "A big thank you to Greece,"…

23 June 2022

Alevi Pomak in Evros: "Our grandparents were Greeks but suddenly Ankara thinks we're Turks?"

Zeki is an Alevi and the guardian of Teke of Roussa. He was the one who gave me the clearest…

14 December 2021

Dendias visits Alevi house in Thrace

Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias visited the Alevi house of worship in northern Evros on Friday, World Human Rights Day.…

11 December 2021

Greece officially recognises Alevism, worship house opens in Evros

Last Friday, Deputy Minister of Education, Angelos Syrigos, visited inaugerated an Alevi place of worship, known as a Cemevi, in…

16 April 2021

Turkey only NATO member on U.S. “Special Watch List” for violating religious freedoms

Turkey is once again on a U.S. State Department's "Special Watch List" in the 2020 Annual Report by the United…

18 May 2020

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