http://presstv.com/detail/168688.html
This video of Press TV on 7th of March, refers to the protest of Alevis of Izmir for equal rights. I found it quite important , as the journalist remarked, that they belong to the 25% of the population in Turkey. That makes them a considerable factor of internal policy. The turkish government's attitude towards Alevis is , as I see it, quite ambiguous, as they have already made some steps towards an understanding with Alevis, by visiting a Cem house, promising that they would recognise Cem houses and provide equal rights for Alevis and initiate a reform of religious education bearing in mind the Alevis, they haven't fulfilled them yet. They choose to have such a conciliatory policy -maybe-in order to show the government's democratic side and avoid to have an open internal conflict on religious issues that would upset society and affect the country's policy building .