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AKP, which came to power in 2002, has given attention to thedevelopment of human rights and fundamental freedoms of minoritiesin Turkey with a desire to be a member of the European Union. AKPis interested in the achieving modern standards in each social areaand developing fundamental rights and freedom. With hope of becominga leading country of the region, Turkey has endeavored to achievetheir goals in the economy, human rights, culture, and welfare. Meanwhile, AKP has initiated some efforts and programs to allow morefundamental freedom to Kurds and Alevis who are minority in Turkey. AKP, which seized power with 46.58% votes in the general election of2007, started democratic initiatives(Açılım) under the slogan of"National Unity and Brotherhood" to bring innovation to the Turkishsociety. In this research, the project and implementation that AKPattempted to apply will be discussed. In this research, the secondchapter will examine Turkey's social structure and the third chapterwill investigate the identity and character of the AKP as well asdemocratic initiatives for Kurds and Alevis. Consequently, the meritsand demerits of the democratic initiatives(Açılım) will be identified.