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Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Musa Farisoğulları has submitted two separate Parliamentary questions to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM), asking the power cut at Diyarbakır Djemevi [Alevis' place of worship] and the personnel dismissed from Diyarbakır Kayapınar Municipality by the state-appointed trustee.
In his Parliamentary question on Diyarbakır Djemevi, Farisoğulları has underlined that djemevis have been excluded from the places of worship whose annual electrical expenses are to be met by the funds of the Directorate of Religious Affairs. Referring to a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) verdict dated 2016, the MP has emphasized that the court expressed an opinion in favor of "recognizing djemevis as places of worship".
In his second Parliamentary question, Farisoğulları has indicated that after a trustee was appointed to the Municipality of Kayapınar, its six workers have been dismissed on the ground that they applauded in protest when the police did not allow the municipality personnel to enter the building.
Referring to the 13-month power cut at Diyarbakır Djemevi, Farisoğlu has stated, "This problem needs to be resolved immediately, as required by the principle of equal standing of all faiths".
Accordingly, he has asked Vice President Fuat Oktay the following questions about the power cut at Diyarbakır Djemevi:
HDP MP has addressed his second Parliamentary question about dismissed municipality personnel to Vice President Oktay as well:
(TP/SD)