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An investigation was launched into the map identifying Alevi-majority villages, amid outcry over sectarian discrimination
Members of Turkey s Alevi community hold pictures of victims as they march in Ankara on 2 July 2019 to mark the 26th anniversary of an arson attack on Madimak Hotel that killed 37 people in the Anatolian city of Sivas (AFP) By Published date: 22 January 2021 17:31 UTC | Last update: 2 months ago
Members of Turkey s Alevi religious minority have spoken out against sectarianism in the country, after reports emerged that a doctor had issued a map that singled out the location of Alevi-majority villages in the province of Tokat.
According to local media reports, a woman from a village in the Almus district of Tokat took ill and was taken to hospital. Her son, who lived in Istanbul, contacted the hospital to find out about his mother s condition and was sent the map and asked to identify the location of