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The European Court of Human Rights rejected Turkey’s motion on the ruling that urged Turkey to remove mandatory religion classes in the education system.

President of the Human Rights Organization demands the removal of the mandatory religion courses. He says this is not the state’s domain.

Protesting government’s reluctance to do anything about the mandatory religious courses in spite of the EHRC and State Council decisions to the contrary, the Alevi organizations spread their activities to the whole nation.

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.

The government insists on not removing the mandatory religion classes. According to Alevi leaders, AKP’s understanding of freedom of belief is limited with the requirements and wishes of its own constituency, the sunni community.