Alevi - Name

Alevis are adherents of a branch of Islam, related to Shia Islam (Although some Alevi's claim that it is a completly seperate religion form -and predates Islam) and practised mainly in (majority Sunni) Turkey, among both Turks, Zazas, and Kurds. Alevi - Alevis. Adherents of Alevism (in Turkish Alevîlik) are called Alevis. The exact number of Alevis is not known, with estimates varying from 20 to 30% of the population of Turkey alone, i.e. 14-21 million believers in Turkey, with perhaps as man ...

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Alevis are followers of the Twelvers, a Shia sect. Belief in Allah is varied. Though some accept the idea of a personal creator, many believe that Allah is merely the good in man. This is expressed by the Alevi saying "insan Hakta Hak insanda" (man is in God, God is in man). While the Sunnis follow the four caliphs Omar, Uthman, Abu Bakr and Ali, the Alevis recognize only one of the caliphs, Ali ibn Abi Talib and his two sons, Imam Hussain and Imam Has ...

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Alevis can be ethnic Zazas, Turks, Kurds, Turkmens and Azeri with a particular concentration in mid-Eastern Turkey in a belt from Çorum in the West to Muş in the East. In the Balkans, especially in Albania there is a further large Alevi-Bektashi community. There are also many Alevi who have migrated to the large cities of Western and Southern Turkey, as well as to Western Europe, especially Germany. Today, Alevi community in Turkey is heavily urbanised due to mass migration (1960s to present) from their often mountainous and barren ...

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Alevis have had an influence even greater than their numbers because of their significant role in Turkish music and poetry. The most important figure is perhaps the mystical poet Yunus Emre, widely regarded as having been Alevi. Other significant poets include Pir Sultan Abdal and Kaygusuz Abdal. Songs attributed to these poet-saints have been not only important to Alevis themselves, but also embraced by musicians on the political left, who saw in the Alevi tradition a link between ...

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The Alevis have traditionally been discriminated against and persecuted in the rural areas of East Central Turkey which are their heartland. Their religion is tolerated in Turkey, but while compared to the Sunnis they suffer less state intervention into their internal affairs and the contents of their teaching, they also enjoy considerably less financial and organizational privileges. The Turkish state has built and financed Sunni mosques in many almost completely Alevi villages and small towns; many Alevis con ...

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Adherents of Alevism (in Turkish Alevîlik) are called Alevis. The exact number of Alevis is not known, with estimates varying from 20 to 30% of the population of Turkey alone, i.e. 14-21 million believers in Turkey, with perhaps as many as three million in Iran and Turkmenistan and half a million turkmenic Alevis in Iraq. Alevism has integrated many diverse religious influences over time, such as ancient Turkish Shamanism and pre-Islamic religions of Near East. The Bektashi Sufi holy order is a significant element in Alevism. Both Bektashi Alevi and Kizilbaş Alevi revere Hajji Bektash Wali. Turkish is used in Ale ...

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