The Sufi Mystical Idiom in Alevi Aşık Poetry: Flexibility, Adaptation and Meaning
The Alevi tradition in Turkey is characterized by a profoundly mystical religious worldview. Its poetic culture, aşıklık, is heavily influenced by the language and mystical motifs of Persian Sufism.
Caroline Tee
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"I miss my village" forced Kurdish migrants in Istanbul and their representation in associations [PDF]
Metropolises in Turkey like İstanbul, Ankara, and İzmir along with the cities in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia received a significant number of internally displaced Kurds (hereinafter referred to as Kurdish IDPs) in the late 1980s to the 1990s.
Celik, Ayse Betul, Çelik, Ayşe Betül
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Türk Kültüründe ve Alevi-Bektaşi İnancında Kapı-Eşik Kavramı
Türk kültüründe mekânlara ve mekânların bazı bölümlerine zahirî ve batınî manalar verilmiştir. Alevi-Bektaşi inanç ve kültürüne baktığımızda kapı ve eşik kavramlarında bu durumla karşılaşılmaktadır.
Murat Boz
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The Turkish Bağlama: A Sacred Symbol of Alevi Identity
For the Alevi, the bağlama has become a powerful symbol of group identity. This paper discusses the important role that this Turkish folk instrument has in Alevi musical traditions and practices by first contextualizing the historical position of the ...
Rashid Epstein Adams
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A lo largo de su historia, el alevismo turco ha existido siempre en la periferia política, siendo en muchas ocasiones objeto de persecución por parte de las élites gobernantes.
Carlos Ortega Sánchez
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From a ‘sort of Muslim’ to ‘proud to be Alevi’: The Alevi Religion and Identity Project combatting the negative identity among second-generation Alevis in the UK [PDF]
This article explains how the negative identity of second-generation Alevi- Kurds in the UK has been transmitted intergenerationally, linked to their history of persecuted exclusion in Turkey and to the transnational settlement of Alevi migrants in the ...
Cetin, U. +3 more
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Öncelikle belirtilmelidir ki, çalışmamızın başlığında yer alan ocak kelimesi, ocak sistemine dayalı geleneksel yapıyı; grup kelimesi ise şehirleşmeyle birlikte ortaya çıkan yeni yapıyı ifade etmektedir. Geçmişte her biri mensup olduğu ocak ismiyle anılan,
Cenksu Üçer
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The Ottoman state and descendants of the prophet in Anatolia and the Balkans (c. 1500-1700) [PDF]
Throughout the Islamic world those claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad (T. seyyid/serif pl. sadat/esraf) were (and are) accorded a special status.
Hulya, Canbakal, Hülya, Canbakal
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Ethnic identity and perceptions of the police in Turkey: the case of Kurds and Turks [PDF]
Drawing on the literature on minorities’ and ethnic groups’ perceptions of the police, this article investigates the differences between Kurds and Turks in terms of their perceptions of the police in Turkey.
Akboga, Sema, Sahin, Osman
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‘Erkânnâme 1’ Adıyla Yayımlanan ‘Tasavvuf Risâlesi’ Adlı Eserde Kur’ân ve Hz. Muhammed Tasavvuru
Bu çalışmada “Erkânnâme 1” adıyla yayımlanan; asıl adı “Tasavvuf Risâlesi” olan eserde Kur’ân-ı Kerîm ve Hz. Muhammed tasavvuru incelenmiştir. 17. Yüzyılda yazıldığı ve Erdebil Sûfiyân Süreğine ait olduğu anlaşılan eserin, Bektâşî geleneğe ait olduğu ...
Cenksu Üçer, Şule Sezer
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