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Select Committee
Mr Bill Park
 TUR0032 - UK's relations with Turkey inquiry

Written Evidence Nov. 02 2016

Inquiry: UK's relations with Turkey inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: roughened, as anyone not fitting the Sunni/Muslim/nationalist profile – secular women, liberals, Alevis

Written Question
Alevism
Wednesday 29th June 2016

Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to engage with representatives from the Alevi community in Britain.

Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government meet members of minority communities on a regular basis. My officials are happy to meet with representatives of the British Alevi community and discuss items that have been raised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alevis.

Commons Chamber
Daesh: Genocide of Minorities - Wed 20 Apr 2016
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Natalie McGarry (IND - Glasgow East) I have spoken to many men, women and children—Yazidis and Alevis—who have been affected by the actions - Speech Link

All Party Parliamentary Group
Alevis APPG
To recognise the important contribution that the Alevi community makes to British society; to ensure that British Alevis are represented in Parliament by giving them a platform to express their legitimate socio-political aspirations, so they achieve recognition for their rights and religion in Britain and overseas.

Found: Alevis

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 03 Dec 2015
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) Later today, I will host the inaugural meeting of the all-party group for Alevis, Alevism being a philosophy - Speech Link

Select Committee
Appg For International Freedom Of Religion Or Belief
 SRC0007 - Syrian refugee crisis

Written Evidence Oct. 22 2015

Inquiry: Syrian refugee crisis
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: Change in Turkey’, (15 November 2013), Available at: alevis-hope-change-turkey.html

Select Committee
Margaret Owen, Widows for Peace through Democracy
 ISI0005 - The situation in Iraq and Syria

Written Evidence Nov. 26 2014

Inquiry: The situation in Iraq and Syria
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: Rojava is now home to over 1.5 million IDPs, not just Kurds, but Arabs, Turkmen Assyrians Christians Alevis

Lords Chamber
Human Rights - Thu 21 Nov 2013
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord Patten (CON - Life peer) suppress the ancient Greek monastery on Halki island, or to restrict the freedoms of worship of the Alevis - Speech Link