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Splendor and Light of God: Sun Worship Among the Raa Haq Followers and Their Neighbors

The sun is the star closest to Earth and forms the center of the solar system. Solar radiation is one of the basic prerequisites for…

Hacı Bektaş Veli Tomb and Museum

The Hacıbektaş shrine complex in Nevşehir, Turkey, was the central lodge of the Bektaşi order for centuries until the abolition of religious orders in 1925…

Adam

Adam is the figure who is positioned in Raa Haqi creation narratives as the first human being, the ancestor of humanity, and the musahib of…

Paradise Rivers & Munzur River in Dersim

The three Abrahamic religions developed different interpretations of paradise, the place of longing in all three religions, at different times. In contrast to Sunni Islam,…
Mehmet Yıldırım (1974 - 2023)

Mehmet Yıldırım (Dêsimli Memed)

Dr Mehmet Yıldırım (1974–2023), known also by his pen name Dêsimli Memed, was a scholar whose academic and archival research sought to reinterpret the historical…

Nusayris' Funeral Rituals

Arab Alawites (Nusayris) are an ethno-religious community with a secrecy-based belief system, living especially in Adana, Hatay, and Mersin. In these communities, funeral rituals are…

Genocide

Genocide is a concept applied to different event contexts for various reasons and perspectives (legal, moral, analytical, activist). At its centre is the intentional destruction…

Zahir & Batın

This entry examines the cosmology of Dersim Alevism (Raa Haqi) through the distinction between Zahir – Na Dina (Neq Dina/Wa Dünya – this world)…

Adır / Agır (Fire)

Adır or Agır means “fire” in the Kırmancki and Kurmanci Alevi religious vocabulary. In the belief world of Raa Haqi, fire is understood not merely…

Ahl-é Haqq (Ehli Heq, Ahl-é-Haqîqat, Yarsanism, Kaka‘i)

Yarsanism, also known as Ahl-e Haqq, is a syncretic belief that combines various mystical and gnostic traditions with Islamic, Mazdean, and ancient Kurdish elements. The…
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