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Firik Dede

Firik Dede

Firik Dede, who lived during the past century in the Ovacık region of Dersim, occupies a place in Kurdish Alevi collective memory both as a…

Gağan (1)

Gağan (Khal / Kalo Gaxan, Gaxand, Gaxan) is a religious-magical transition ritual unique to Kurdish Alevi communities in Dersim, symbolically marking the end of the…

Indigeneity and Alevism

This entry examines Alevism as an indigenous identity within Turkey’s ethnically and religiously diverse context. Historically one of the most contested concepts in the region,…

Secularization of Alevis

Secularization of Alevis is a concept used to define the weakening of the influence of religious beliefs and institutions in Alevi communities in Turkey under…

Tertele

The 1937–38 Dersim massacre was not merely a regional military operation, but a systematic policy of violence by the early Turkish Republic targeting ethno-religious identities…
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Village Cemevis and Transnational Alevi Placemaking

This entry traces the emergence and significance of rural cemevis built by migrants, situating them within broader debates on migration, religious change, and spatial politics….

Space in Alevism

This entry examines the phenomenon of space in Alevism through its intellectual, physical, and social dimensions. It argues that space is not merely a geographical…

Sociology of Emotions and Collective Memory in the Deyişes of Pir Sultan Abdal

Pir Sultan Abdal is one of the most important poets of the Alevi tradition and lived in the sixteenth century. His deyişs have held a…

Cem / Cevat

Cem is the central ritual within Alevi and Bektashi forms of worship. In the Raa Haqi tradition, cem is not only a collective act of…

Ozan - Zakir - Aşık

In this section, Pir Erkan Çanakçı discusses three key figures who serve as carriers of oral culture in Alevi society: the Ozan, the Âşık, and...
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