Oct. 29 2019
Source Page: Turkey: country policy and information notesFound: Country policy and information note: Alevis, Turkey, August 2017 PDF, 368KB, 26 pages This file may
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has his Turkish counterpart on (a) the treatment of Alevis in the Turkish prison system and (b) those people's access to Dedes.
Answered by Mark Field
We have not made specific representations to Turkey on these issues. We expect Turkey to treat all prisoners, regardless of faith or ethnicity, fairly and in line with internationally recognised standards.Mentions:
1: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) In my capacity as chair of the all-party group for Alevis, I have received numerous reports that Kurdish - Speech Link
2: Mark Field (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) I also commend her for all of her sterling work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Alevis - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 06 2017
Inquiry: Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiryFound: majority of the Turkish Kurds are Sunni Muslims, with the Zaza- speakers of Tunceli province being Alevis
Mentions:
1: David Burrowes (CON - Enfield, Southgate) That should be a right in Turkey—not least for Alevis to believe, and to express that belief, in Alevism - Speech Link
2: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) I thank him for his support as the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Alevis, which - Speech Link
3: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) Human rights are universal and that includes the rights of Kurds, Alevis and other minority groups in - Speech Link
4: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) The Turkish diaspora and Alevis in my community are very worried about their homeland, so today it is - Speech Link
Found: authorities to respect the rule of law and the fundamental rights of all of its citizens, including Kurds, Alevis
Oral Evidence Jan. 11 2017
Inquiry: Transformation of power in the Middle East and implications for UK policy inquiryFound: Turkey is probably not a country that would allow violence to rise to that level against the Kurds, the Alevis
Written Evidence Nov. 23 2016
Inquiry: UK's relations with Turkey inquiryFound: other countries in the Middle East. 20.The Turkish government is working to expand the rights of Alevis
Written Evidence Nov. 16 2016
Inquiry: UK's relations with Turkey inquiryFound: non- practising but Sunni, and ethnically Turkish.17 All those who fell outside this typology, (Alevis