Mecidiye Cad.Cevher İs Merkezi. No 3 / 14
Sisli - Mecidiyekoy 34387
Istanbul/
Turkey
- Religion
AVF aims to search, evaluate, introduce and create awareness about roots of ALEVI – Muslim cultural values ( known as Bektashi / Bedrettini / Haydari / Qizilbash etc.) and Sufi philosophy which are in harmony with today’s universal cultural value system. Introduce these values as an additive to our country and international communities’ cultural value system.
Oneof our current projects is : Networking Alevi Organizations. EU funded project with contract ref EIDHR/2011/280-365.
Printing and circulating 12 000 copies of monthly news bulletin TURNA (pls see attached brief)
Organizing researches and conferences, workshops.Latest item is RELIGIOUS FREEDOM in TURKEY.
We may provide information about very rich history and culture of ALevi community, we may host some cultural activities of other members in our Cem houses and ceremonies, we need to develop self standing ALEVI NGO's in Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Monte Negro, Bosnia, we may obtain help from existing networks in a/m countries and provide help to them in our country.
We have a grass root structure distributed to whole country.We may provide a good base to cultural actors who are members of the ALF network. We may organize joint festivals, researches, cultural activities etc.