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The space of encounter and the making of difference: The entangled lives of Alevi and Sunni neighbours in Turkey

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 380-394, June 2023., 2023
Abstract The concept of encounter has long been central to a cosmopolitan ethos in which coming together in urban public space is expected to yield tolerance and pluralism. More recently scholars have reworked this concept to account for not only what is potentially transformative in encounters but also how encounters are conditioned by and productive ...
Banu Gökarıksel, Anna J. Secor
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Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
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Alevi Spatial Politics: Placemaking and the Negotiation of Visibility Across Diaspora and Homeland

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines Alevi spatial politics by analysing how space is produced, practised and negotiated across diaspora and homeland. Drawing on multi‐sited ethnographic research conducted among British Alevis in London and in Alevi villages in the Afşin–Elbistan region of Turkey, it focuses on cemevis (cem houses) as key sites of religious ...
Hayal Hanoğlu
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CEMEVİ: ÂDÂB VE ERKÂNIN İCRÂ EDİLDİĞİ MEKÂN

Türk Kültürü ve HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ Araştırma Dergisi, 2018
Bu calismada Alevi seklinde isimlendirilen gruplarin âdâb ve erkânlarini icrâ ettikleri mekânlar ele alinmistir. Gunumuzde Alevi olarak nitelendirilen bu gruplarin her biri, gecmiste Bektasi, Tahtaci, Kececi Babali gibi mensup oldugu ocakla adlandirilmistir.Soz konusu bu ocaklarin her biri, butun telakkilerini tasavvuf ve tarikat hayati kaliplarinda ...
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The Right to Exist as the Foundation of Equal Citizenship: An Ontological Inquiry of State‐Citizen Relations in Türkiye

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite enduring decades of advocacy, Alevi communities in Türkiye find themselves in a constant state of anticipation for acknowledgment from the Turkish state. Previous studies have long documented the marginalized status of Alevis within Turkish society and their ongoing struggle for recognition; however, they have overwhelmingly framed the
Aslı Gücin
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
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Revisiting the Spirals of Silence: The Case of Intra‐Faith Discrimination at Work in Two Muslim Majority Countries

Human Resource Management Journal, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 766-782, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the spiral of silence theory, this manuscript critically explores a notably under‐researched domain: the workplace experiences of individuals belonging to faith‐based minority groups who encounter religious discrimination in predominantly Muslim countries, specifically Türkiye and Pakistan.
Selcuk Uygur, Jawad Syed, Erhan Aydin, Mustafa Özbilgin, Sercan Hamza Bağlama   +4 more
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A never‐ending story of an identity crisis or a creative reformulation of an Alevi‐mindset? What the case of Alevi youth in the German diaspora suggest today?

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 48-64, April 2025.
Abstract The Alevi movement, originating more than three decades ago in Turkey and the Western European diaspora, has led to significant social and cultural shifts within Alevi communities. This movement witnessed the emergence of Alevi associations, increased religio‐political activities, and a fervent search for a redefined Alevi identity.
Ahmet Kerim Gültekin
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Can the Scope of Secularization Theory Be Expanded Beyond the Modern‐Christian‐West? Exploring the Alevi Experience in Turkey

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 4, Page 977-999, December 2024.
Abstract This study asserts that the secularization theory has the potential to offer insights into the processes of social change experienced by faith groups outside the modern West. The study focuses on the transformation undergone by Alevi groups in Turkey, who are now experiencing a more modern way of life compared to their past.
Volkan Ertit
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Spi/ritüel: Balçova Cemevi Üzerinden Bir İnceleme

Kocaeli Üniversitesi Mimarlık ve Yaşam Dergisi
Yapılan eylemin, pratiğin veya performansın bireyin kendisini sorgulaması ve anlamlandırmasıyla spiritüel, tinsel ve içsel bir serüvene dönüşmesi bireyin içinde bulunduğu mekanla anlam kazanabilmektedir. Bu durumda spiritüel kavramının bireyle olan ilişkisine benzer olarak mekanla kurduğu/kuracağı ilişki de önemli bir araştırma alanına dönüşür ...
Pelin Nane, Deniz Kanlı, Esra Duygun
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