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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…

Deyiş

In Alevi-Bektashi culture, deyiş are a form of folk literature recited spontaneously and accompanied only by the bağlama during cem ceremonies, alongside the semah, and…

A Brief Sketch of the Development of Alevi Studies

This is an annotated bibliography of the most significant contributions to Alevi studies, in chronological order from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. It identifies American Protestant…

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…

A Brief History of Bağlama

The bağlama is, as in the past, still the most important instrument of our folk music today. It would not be inaccurate to say that…

Musahiplik: The Institution of Spritual Brotherhood in Alevism

Musahiplik is an institutional form of brotherhood in the Alevi belief system that symbolises an individual’s spiritual, moral, and social bond with the community, and…

Çepni Alevis

The Çepni Alevis, a significant sub-group of Anatolian Alevism, emerged on the historical stage as part of the Çepni tribe, which belongs to the Üç-Ok…

Sivas Massacre (2 July 1993)

The Madımak Massacre, which took place during the Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Festival in Sivas on 2 July 1993 and claimed the lives of thirty-nine…

Kadıncık Ana

Kadıncık Ana is an important female figure in the Alevi-Bektashi-Kızılbaş belief, particularly associated with Hacı Bektaş Veli, whose memory has been transmitted through hagiographic narratives-most…

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,…
Sözlü Kültür, Deyiş, Nefes, Gülbenk, Mersiye, Duvaz, Alevi Felsefesi & Kozmolojisi – Pir Ecevit Emre

Oral Culture, Deyiş, Nefes, Gülbenk, Mersiye, Duvaz, and Alevi Philosophy & Cosmology – Pir Ecevit Emre

In this video, Pir Ecevit Emre offers a comprehensive discussion of the central role of oral tradition in Alevism and explains how Alevism, in its...
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