Alphabetical List – A – Alevi Ansiklopedisi

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Arabistancı Nusayris: The Case of Migrant Labour, Masculinity, and Gender among Arab Alevis

This entry examines, through a reflexive methodological approach, the experiences, social processes, and consequences of labour migration among Arab Alevi (Nusayri) men who migrate from…

Alawi Massacres in Syria: The Historical Roots of the HTS Regime's Genocidal Intent

This entry documents the recent massacres targeting the Alevi community in Syria and draws attention to the continuity between these practices of violence and their…

Alevism and Social Trauma

This entry examines how Alevi identity has been shaped through the framework of historical trauma and collective memory, and how it is narrated especially in…

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…

Alevis’ Struggles for Rights: A Human Rights Law Perspective

This entry examines Alevis’ struggles for rights in Turkey within the framework of freedom of religion and conscience, the right to education, and the prohibition…

Baba Sedat Bican

Taking Dem, Sâkilik, Taking Dem in the Cem Ritual, and Dem in Everyday Life – Baba Sedat Bican

In this video, Baba Sedat Bican discusses the practice of dem almak (“taking dem”) within the Alevi-Bektashi tradition. Contrary to the exclusionary and discriminatory claim...

Pir Cemal Cenan

Ağuçan Ocak

In this video, Pir Cemal Cenan, an Ocak member of the Ağuçan Ocak and an active pir, presents an insider perspective on how Ocak memory...

Pir Cemal Cenan

Marriage and the Marriage Ceremony in Alevism, Musahiplik, and the Deyiş & Gülbenk Recited during the Ceremony

In this video, Pir Cemal Cenan explains the institution of marriage and religious marriage (nikâh) in Alevism from an insider perspective, together with the rituals...

Pir Cemal Cenan

Ancestor Worshipping in Alevism, Sacred Places (Jiare), Kalu Bela, and Devr-i Daim – Pir Cemal Cenan

In this video, Pir Cemal Cenan speaks about the culture of jiare (sacred places/visits) in Dersim Alevism and explains this belief practice from an insider...

Pir Hasan Hayri Şanlı

What Is Alevism? & What Is Hakk?

In this video, Pir Hasan Hayri Şanlı presents a basic framework for understanding what Alevism is and discusses Alevism through the concept of Hakk and...

Ana Didar Cenan

Ağuiçen Ocak, Raa Haqi, Dersim Alevism, Kurmanci Prayer

In this video, Ana Didar Cenan shares historically, sociologically, and ethnographically significant information about the Ağuiçen Ocak, of which she is a descendant. The narration...

Pir Veli Uğur

Zeynel Abidin in Alevi Mythology – Oppression and Resistance

In this video, Pir Veli Uğur recounts a narrative from Alevi mythology concerning Zeynel Abidin, the only male survivor of the Kerbela tragedy. This narrative...

Pir Veli Uğur

Kerbela and the Christian Monk in Alevi Mythology

In this video, Pir Veli Uğur shares one of the most striking and profound narratives of Alevi mythology. At the center of the story stands...

Pir Rıza Yağmur

What Is Alevism? – Alevis and Islam: İkrar, Hakikat, Devriye

In this video, Pir Rıza Yağmur presents a comprehensive narrative shaped around the question “What is Alevism?” By explaining the ritual of ikrar through deyiş,...

Ana Cevahir Altunok

Becoming an Ana & Experiences and Challenges of Analık

This video addresses the current position and function of the institution of analık in the Alevi belief system through women’s experiences. Within Alevism, which is...