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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ozkul, Derya, editor.

Markussen, Hege Irene, editor.

Series:

Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alevis.

Turkey.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Tables, Figures and Maps

Notes on Contributors

Preface

INTRODUCTION

1 ALEVI AGENCY IN CHANGING POLITICAL CONTEXTS

Part I. THE TURKISH STATE AND ALEVIS: CONTENTIONS OVER RECOGNITION

2 WHAT IS ALEVISM? CONTEMPORARY DEBATES VIS-À-VIS HISTORICAL AND SYSTEMATIC CONSIDERATIONS

3 THE ‘ALEVI OPENING’ OF THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY

4 ‘MADIMAK SHALL BE TURNED INTO A MUSEUM’: NEGOTIATING THE SIVAS MASSACRE THROUGH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

5 DERSIM: THE PARADOX OF DISCLOSING ‘AN OPEN SECRET’

6 ALEVISM AS A ‘MAJORITY’: ALEVI AND SUNNI COMMUNITIES IN DERSIM

Part II. ALEVIS IN THE DIASPORA: PROSPECTS FOR RECOGNITION

7 FROM CULTURE TO RELIGION: REFRAMING ALEVISM FOR RECOGNITION IN GERMANY

8 THE ALEVI MOVEMENT IN GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA: TOWARDS A TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENT

9 THE ALEVI DIASPORA IN FRANCE: CHANGING RELATIONS WITH THE HOME AND HOST STATES

10 FROM PARTICULARISTIC ORGANISATION TO FEDERATION: MOBILISATION FOR ALEVI IDENTITY IN BRITAIN

Part III. BEYOND RECOGNITION: CHANGES IN ALEVI RITUALS, REPRESENTATION AND AUTHORITY

11 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SACRED AUTHORITY OF THE ÇELEBIS: THE ULUSOY FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY TURKEY

12 RITUAL, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND IDENTITY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ALEVI ZAKIR

13 THE SOCIO-SPATIAL MEANING OF CEMEVIS IN ISTANBUL’S PUBLIC SPACE

14 THE MEDIATISED REPRODUCTION OF ALEVISM: ALEVI TELEVISION NETWORKS AND THEIR AUDIENCES

EPILOGUE

15 BACK TO ANATOLIA: REFLECTIONS ON TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ALEVI RESEARCH

16 CONCLUDING REMARKS: ALEVI AGENCY AND VISIBILITY

INDEX

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781399513609

1399513605

9781474492041

1474492045

9781474492058

1474492053

OCLC:

1303673654