Pirler / Analar

This page presents the recorded interviews conducted within the framework of the Alevi Encyclopedia by specialist ethnographers with Pirs (Dedes, Babas, Seyits) and Anas. The religious leaders listed below, as bearers of a millennium-old Alevi oral tradition, share their knowledge and reflections on yol practices and ritual order (erkân), ritual repertoires, the Ocak lineage system, moral principles, and collective memory. By clicking on each name, users can directly access the corresponding video recordings of the interviews. Each recording is accompanied by a concise contextual introduction prepared by the interviewing researcher. This section functions as a digital archive that brings the written, academically grounded entries of the Alevi Encyclopedia into dialogue with living oral culture, offering direct engagement with the affective, symbolic, and semantic universe of Alevi belief and practice. The interviews are conducted in Turkish, Kırmancki, and Kurmanci.