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....
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...
Transnational Alevism
Transnational Alevism refers to the evolving religious, cultural, and institutional formations of Alevism that have emerged in response to migration, displacement, and diasporic conditions. Rooted...
Dr. Hayal Hanoğlu
Hayal Hanoğlu is a scholar of migration and religion with an interdisciplinary background in social anthropology, psychosocial studies, and sociology. She holds a PhD in Migration Studies from the University of Kent, UK, where her doctoral research examined the diasporic transformation of Alevism and its impact on rural Alevi geographies in Turkey. Her subsequent work explored the intersections of religion, ethnicity, gender, and activism, with particular emphasis on the narratives and strategies of Kurdish Alevi women. She currently works as a research associate on the long-term project 'Alevi Archive: Ethnohistory of Alevi Communities in Anatolia' at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig (Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig). She has published widely on migrant Alevism, diasporic politics, transnational Alevi activism, and the intersectional struggles of Alevi women. Her work continues to centre the histories, lived experiences, imaginaries, and subjectivities of Alevi communities.
