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Members of Turkey's Alawite community stage a protest in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on February 8, 2015. Thousands of Alawites, members of a subsect of the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, gathered in Istanbul to protest for greater rights and a more equal position in the education system. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of Turkey's Alawite community stage a protest in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on February 8, 2015.  Thousands of Alawites, members of a subsect of the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, gathered in Istanbul to protest for greater rights and a more equal position in the education system.  AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC        (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)