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Speaking at the "Alevis on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic" conference held in İstanbul, Tülay Hatimoğulları, the Co-Chairperson of the DEM Party, stated, "The government's understanding of 'closing the parenthesis of the Republic' puts secular lifestyle and different belief groups at risk."

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.