This chapter analyzes the repercussions of the changing political atmosphere in France and Turkey since the early 2000s for French Alevis. More specifically, it examines how the leadership of the Federation of Alevi Unions in France (Fédération Union des Alévis en France, FUAF) has responded to critical political developments, including the Alevi Opening (Alevi Açılımı), the Sunnification of Turkish domestic and foreign policy, and the French government’s increasing interest in Alevis. The chapter is based on a careful examination of organizational documents and news sources in English, French, and Turkish, and interviews with Alevi representatives as well as with Turkish and French officials. It shows that, since the early 2000s, FUAF leaders’ relations with the Turkish government have deteriorated against the backdrop of the rise of political Islam in Turkey and the development of a biased diaspora engagement policy that favors Sunni Islamic and newly established Alevi organizations over the FUAF. As FUAF leaders have felt increasingly excluded by their origin country, they have established closer relations with French authorities. The FUAF has reinforced its ties with French policy-makers by serving as a key dialogue and project partner and an ally in the French government’s fight against religious extremism.