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In response to the call by Alevi associations, a rally took place at Kadıköy with demands for "Secular education, humane living, democratic Turkey." The gathered crowd protested against the implementation of the ÇEDES project in which religious officials are appointed as "spiritual counselors" in schools.

The Federation of the Alevi Bektashi Associations files a criminal complaint against the newspapers of Zaman, Yeni Şafak, Vakit and the Turkish State Television for publishing biased news against the Alevis regarding their “equal citizenship” meeting.

Turkey’s Education and Science Workers Union has announced that the textbooks for the religion courses still reflect the Sunnite Teaching. It demands that the government abide by the court decisions.

Alevi organizations, which do not agree with the principles of Sunni Islam, protest the mandatory religion courses in schools, taught in spite of the decisions of the European Human Rights Court and the State Council. The activity will continue until the schools open in September.