Borovali, MuratBoyraz, Cemil2024-07-182024-07-1820151468-38491743-9663https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2015.1043279https://hdl.handle.net/11411/7515This paper aims to analyze the Alevi Opening in 2009 by the Justice and Development Party. Based on a close reading of the manuscripts of the seven workshops and the subsequently published report, a critical analysis of the initiative by the government is presented. It is argued that the organization and the composition of the workshops were not conducive to attaining a set of solutions to the problems encountered by the Alevis. The article concludes by stating that, though a historic step in state-Alevi relations, the Opening has not been successful in producing a politically significant result.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle2-s2.0-8493092351310.1080/14683849.2015.10432791602Q114516Q2WOS:000356278600001