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Mandatory religious education in public schools focuses on Sunni Islam, leaving Alevi students without a curriculum that reflects their own faith.
The primary legal basis for religious minorities in Turkey is the Treaty of Lausanne , which grants specific civil and political rights to "non-Muslim minorities".
The Alevis represent the largest religious minority in Turkey, with estimates ranging between of the population.
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