The Kırklar, Selflessness, and Equality in Alevism
In this video, Baba Sedat Bican discusses the phenomenon of the Kırklar (The Forty), one of the most central concepts and foundational narratives of Alevi traditions. Occupying a significant place...
Kurban in Alevism
In this video, Baba Sedat Bican discusses the concept of kurban in Alevism through its religious, symbolic, and ritual dimensions. He explains that, within the Alevi tradition, kurban does not...
Hacı Bektaş Veli Lodge, the Dedegân and Babagân Branches, Talips, and Giving İkrar to the Lodge
In this video, Baba Sedat Bican discusses the concept of the dergâh (lodge), which occupies a central place in the Bektashi tradition, and examines it in relation to the concept...
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 often directed at Alevis that...
