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Cem Ceremony as a Conflict Resolution Method

This entry explores the significance of the Cem ceremony, which holds profound significance in Alevism, embodying a unique fusion of spirituality, communal values, and cultural…

Environmental Ethics in Alevism: the Case of Dersim

Environmental ethics in Alevism reflect a relational worldview in which connections to land, nature, and non-human life are shaped through oral tradition, ritual practice, and…

Şavak Tribe: Alevi–Sunni Nomadic Community of Dersim

The Şavak tribe occupies a distinctive position within the ethno-cultural mosaic of Dersim, both historically and sociologically. As one of the rare cases in which…

Community Assembly / Cemat (Cemaat Çekırın)

Cemat or cemaat çekırın refers to an assembled community within the belief and social order of Raa Haqi, particularly the collective forum in which individual…

Suicide Amongst Second-Generation Alevi Boys in the UK

In the process of settling in the UK, the Alevi community was shaken by the suicide pandemic among second-generation boys, a previously unknown phenomenon. From…

Alevis and Alevism in Turkish Cinema

This entry focuses on the representation of the Alevi-Bektashi faith and identity in Turkish cinema, examining the role of cinema in the construction of cultural…

Kirvelik (1)

Kirvelik, in the context of Dersim Alevism (Raa Haqi), does not merely denote a symbolic form of kinship shaped around the circumcision ritual. Rather, it…

Alevi Studies and Syncretism

Syncretism refers to the formation of new religious or cultural expressions that emerge from the interaction of diverse belief systems and practices. While in academic…

Dersim: Genocides (1914-18 & 1937-38)

This entry examines the 1937–38 Dersim massacres as a case of genocide, placing the events within a broader continuum of state-led exterminatory violence in late…

Dersim - Jiar u Diyar (Sacred Geography)

This entry reconceptualises Dersim not as a mere geographic or administrative region but as a sacred-political topography (a cultural geography) central to the Raa Haqi…
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