The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected the Turkish government’s application for the reduction of financial compensation that is to be paid to the Cemevi Foundation of Turkish Alavis (Alawites.)
The Cemevi Foundation originally requested that the Turkish government exempt them from paying electricity bills, as is the case with other places of worship in Turkey that have these benefits, such as mosques, churches, and synagogues. When the government rejected its application, the Cemevi Foundation took the judicial decision to the ECHR in 2010.
In 2014, the ECtHR ruled that Alevi Cem houses in Turkey are discriminated against, and in its judgment in 2017, the court ruled that the Turkish government was to pay the Cemevi Foundation 54,400 euros for material and non-pecuniary damage.
Turkey government then requested that the payment for material damage be reduced from 54,400 euros to 23,300 euros, but according to Euronews, the court has rejected the application made to reduce the financial compensation.
Turkish Alevis is a group in Turkey known as Ahlul-Bayt, the term refers to the family of the Prophet Muhammad and they live in vast areas of the south to southeastern parts of Turkey, from Maraş to the Taurus Mountains. Alevis were influenced by the popular Sufism, and they founded the Bektashi order and Alevism in today’s Turkey. The majority of Turkish Muslims strictly follow Islam’s mainstream Sunni tradition. Throughout the Turkish history, there have been occasional conflicts between Alevis and Sunnis.
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