Thousands of Turkish Alevis hold a demonstration in Ankara against compulsory religious classes in schools and discrimination by the government.
More than 25,000 Turkish members of a liberal Muslim sect marched in Ankara on Sunday (November 9) in their first big demonstration.
An estimated 15 to 25 million people in Turkey share the Alevi faith, usually keeping a low profile in a country where the majority practice Orthodox Sunni Islam.
Demonstrators chanted slogans against the ruling AK Party, which has roots in political Islam. The AK Party has publicly defended the rights of Muslims in officially secular Turkey.
