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Compulsory religion class violates ECHR, Constitutional Court rules

Compulsory religion class violates ECHR, Constitutional Court rules

The ruling comes after a 13-year long legal struggle of a family who wanted their child exempted from religion classes.

Alevi organizations in Turkey: We don’t pay our taxes so that you invest in sharia

PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Alevi organizations in Turkey: We don’t pay our taxes so that you invest in sharia

Alevi organizations protested compulsory religious education at schools by holding protest demonstrations in İstanbul, Adana, Adıyaman, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Dersim, Eskişehir, İzmir, Kırklareli, Kayseri, Muğla and Samsun.

28 February 2022

Court: Compulsory Religion Class Against Equality Principle

Court: Compulsory Religion Class Against Equality Principle

The İstanbul 4th Administrative Court has given its final judgment on an appeal by a parent, who requested her child to be exempted from compulsory religion class. The court has ruled that the class is against the principle of equality.

20 December 2018 Sakine Orman

Alevi People to Boycott Religion Classes After New Decision

Alevi People to Boycott Religion Classes After New Decision

Alevi association declared that they would hold a demonstration on February 8 to protest the compulsory religion classes starting from first grade as well as not send their children to school on the first week of the new semester in February 2015.

10 December 2014

Who Will Teach Christian Religion Classes in Turkey?

Who Will Teach Christian Religion Classes in Turkey?

Garo Paylan, an administrative at Turkey’s Armenian schools, commented on Education Minister’s introduction of Christian religion classes in minority schools: it is positive but has no place in practice.

10 October 2014 Yüce Yöney

ECHR Warns Turkey: Religion Classes Can’t Ignore Alevis

ECHR Warns Turkey: Religion Classes Can’t Ignore Alevis

Issuing a verdict on the application of 14 families with Alevi background, ECHR ruled that “Turkish education system must have a basis respecting the families’ beliefs”.

18 September 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Education Ministry Prepares Forbidden Intimacy Guide

Education Ministry Prepares Forbidden Intimacy Guide

Turkey’s Ministry of National Education of Turkey prepared a manual book that aimed to teach children about forbidden intimacy in Religious Culture and Morale Knowledge class. The manual draft was prepared for both genders.

"Religious Indication on IDs Contrary to Human Rights"

"Religious Indication on IDs Contrary to Human Rights"

Turkey received a warning from the Council of Europe: Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, demanded Turkey to lift religious indication on IDs and to abolish compulsory religious education at school.

7 February 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

Alevi Demonstration against Compulsory Religious Education

Alevi Demonstration against Compulsory Religious Education

"Abolish Compulsory Religious Education" was one of the main demands in the demonstration of Alevi organizations in Istanbul. A sit-down strike was continued all night long and had previously been carried out in Ankara. It will be repeated in Izmir next year.

9 November 2010 Burçin Belge

Alevi Workshop Report Lacks Former Alevi Requests

Alevi Workshop Report Lacks Former Alevi Requests

The 7th report of the Alevi Workshop was presented to the prime minister on 7 February. The report does not include the requests put forward by the Alevi associations in the first workshop.

9 February 2010 Çiçek Tahaoğlu