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The Alevis in modern Turkey and the diaspora : recognition, mobilisation and transformation / edited by Derya �Ozkul and Hege Markussen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh studies on modern TurkeyPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: �2022Description: 1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474492041
  • 1474492045
  • 9781474492058
  • 1474492053
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alevis in modern Turkey and the diaspora.DDC classification:
  • 297.8252 23
LOC classification:
  • BP195.A74 A446 2022eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Alevi agency in changing political contexts / Derya �Ozkul and Hege Markussen -- What is Alevism? contemporary debates vis-�a-vis historical and systematic considerations / Markus Dressler -- The 'Alevi opening' of the justice and development party / Murat Borovali and Cemil Boyraz -- 'Madimak shall be turned into a museum' : negotiating the Sivas massacre through the built environment / Eray �Cayli -- Dersim : the paradox of disclosing 'an open secret' / Besim Can Zirh -- Alevism as a 'majority' : Alevi and Sunni communities in Dersim / Ahmet Kerim G�ultekin -- From culture to religion : reframing Alevism for recognition in Germany / Martin S�okefeld -- The Alevi movement in Germany and Australia : towards a transnational movement / Derya �Ozkul -- The Alevi diaspora in France : changing relations with the home and host states / Ayca Arkilic -- From particularistic organisation to federation : mobilisation for Alevi identity in Britain / Ay�seg�ul Akdemir -- The transformation of the sacred authority of the �Celebis : the Ulusoy family in contemporary Turkey / Meral Salman Yikmi�s -- Ritual, musical performance and identity : the transformation of the Alevi Zakir / Ula�s �Ozdemir -- The socio-spatial meaning of Cemevis in Istanbul's public space / Erhan Kurtarir -- The mediatised reproduction of Alevism : Alevi television networks and their audiences / Nazli �Ozkan -- Back to Anatolia : reflections on twenty-five years of Alevi research / David Shankland -- Concluding remarks: Alevi agency and visibility / Hege Markussen.
Summary: This book explores the struggles of a minority group - Alevis - for recognition and representation in Turkey and the diaspora. It examines how they mobilise against state practices and claim their rights, while at the same time negotiating how they define themselves.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alevi agency in changing political contexts / Derya �Ozkul and Hege Markussen -- What is Alevism? contemporary debates vis-�a-vis historical and systematic considerations / Markus Dressler -- The 'Alevi opening' of the justice and development party / Murat Borovali and Cemil Boyraz -- 'Madimak shall be turned into a museum' : negotiating the Sivas massacre through the built environment / Eray �Cayli -- Dersim : the paradox of disclosing 'an open secret' / Besim Can Zirh -- Alevism as a 'majority' : Alevi and Sunni communities in Dersim / Ahmet Kerim G�ultekin -- From culture to religion : reframing Alevism for recognition in Germany / Martin S�okefeld -- The Alevi movement in Germany and Australia : towards a transnational movement / Derya �Ozkul -- The Alevi diaspora in France : changing relations with the home and host states / Ayca Arkilic -- From particularistic organisation to federation : mobilisation for Alevi identity in Britain / Ay�seg�ul Akdemir -- The transformation of the sacred authority of the �Celebis : the Ulusoy family in contemporary Turkey / Meral Salman Yikmi�s -- Ritual, musical performance and identity : the transformation of the Alevi Zakir / Ula�s �Ozdemir -- The socio-spatial meaning of Cemevis in Istanbul's public space / Erhan Kurtarir -- The mediatised reproduction of Alevism : Alevi television networks and their audiences / Nazli �Ozkan -- Back to Anatolia : reflections on twenty-five years of Alevi research / David Shankland -- Concluding remarks: Alevi agency and visibility / Hege Markussen.

This book explores the struggles of a minority group - Alevis - for recognition and representation in Turkey and the diaspora. It examines how they mobilise against state practices and claim their rights, while at the same time negotiating how they define themselves.

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