Language attitudes and religion: Kurdish Alevis in the UK [PDF]
, 2020 In this article I report on results of a Matched Guise Tests (MGT) study investigating attitudes towards Bohtan (BHKr) and Maraş Kurmanji (MRKr) spoken among the UK diaspora.
Yilmaz, B., Yilmaz, B.
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The Right to Have Places of Worship: The Cemevi Case in Turkey
Religions, 2022 This study discusses the obligation of the state to provide places of worship to religious communities in society, or to grant such existing places a specific status in law and thus entitle them to benefit from some public privileges.
Omur Aydin, Bulut Gurpinar
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Education of the Nafs in the Context of Sprit and Soul in Alawi Faith / Alevi İnancında Can, Ruh Kavramı ve Nefsin Eğitimi [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2021 The concepts spirit, soul and nafs have occupied the human mind for very many centuries. Despite the extensive literature devoted to them, the essence of these concepts has yet to be fully and thoroughly comprehended.
İbrahim Gül
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The Negative Perception of the Bektashi and the Kizilbash/ Alevîs in Literature from Nur Baba to Bektaşi Kız (1913-1945) / Nur Baba’dan Bektaşi Kız’a Edebiyatta Bektaşî ve Kızılbaş/Alevîlere Yönelik Olumsuz Algı (1913-1945) [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2021 The Kizilbash/Alevî and Bektashî have been subject to various negative criticisms due to their beliefs outside Sunnism, the official belief system since the sixteenth century. It has been seen that the members of the two groups, whose social bases and
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Ethnic identity and perceptions of the police in Turkey: the case of Kurds and Turks [PDF]
, 2018 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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Aleviness, Music, and Hospitality
Musicological Annual, 2022 The paper examines urban Alevi traditional culture in Turkey as a possible example of an ethics of hospitality, drawing mainly from Alevi teachings and musical heritage. Through an examination of the lyrics of selected Alevi sacred songs the author presents various accounts of hospitality that are integral to Aleviness.
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Saints in Islamic Ritual Music: Grief for İmam Hüseyin in Alevi Tradition
Tasavvuf Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2022 This study aims to explore the significance of saints in Islam based on the music used in rituals. The religious group Alevi, which this paper focuses on, has religious beliefs and practices that are a mixture of Shi’i Islam and Sufism. Alevi rituals are
Manami Suzuki
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Türk Kültürü ve HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ Araştırma Dergisi, 2021 Türkiye’de Alevilik araştırmaları 19. yüzyılda şarkiyatçılar ve misyonerler tarafından başlatıldı. Şarkiyatçı ve misyonerler Alevileri Hristiyanlarla benzerlikleri çerçevesinde araştırdı ve değerlendirdiler. Onlara göre Aleviler Hristiyan kökenden gelmiş, süreç içinde çeşitli etkilerle Alevileşmişlerdi.
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Defining the Nation: Kurdish Historiography in Turkey in the 1990s [PDF]
, 2001 This article examines Kurdish historiography in Turkey in the 1990s. It centres on the question how the national community is historicised via central myths, especially for the pre-Islamic periods.
Hirschler, Konrad
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