The report, titled “Command Center Study,” which includes extensive information on Tunceli, states that almost all of the panelists and artists invited to the annual Munzur Festival in the city are sympathizers of extreme left-wing organizations. The report says the festival’s participants are individuals “who are known for their efforts against our unity and integrity.” The report also warns that the city seeks to internationalize its annual festival, which might mean that some circles might want to use it as a more effective tool for propaganda.
The report says festival participants in their speeches given during concerts and panel discussions, as well as materials sold during the festival such as newspapers, journals, pamphlets and books, are filled with propaganda of extreme-left organizations. The festival is also accused of trying to organize the city’s young people and residents into political groups.
The report also says that some communities which migrated to İstanbul from the cities of Tokat, Gümüşhane, Sivas, Çorum and Tunceli are frequently subject to the propaganda of illegal terrorist organizations. The report finds that “youth from the Alevi culture are particularly more impressionable in the face of this propaganda.”
In its appendix, the report also has a list of all of Turkey’s cemevis, Alevi places of worship, and the names of their dedes, or spiritual leaders. The phone numbers of some dedes are also included in the list.
