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    The Alevi Of Anatolia

    By Eren Sarı

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    The Alevi constitute the second largest religious community in Turkey (following the Sunnis), and number some 25% (15 million) of the total population (Alevis claim 30%-40%!). Most Alevis are ethnic and linguistic Turks, mainly of Turkmen descent from Central and Eastern Anatolia. Some 20% of Alevis are Kurds (though most Kurds are Sunnis), and some 25% of Kurds in Turkey are Alevi (Kurmanji and Zaza speakers). Alevis consider themselves to be part of the wider Shi`a movement, who revere Ali (Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law) and the Twelve Imams of his house. Like all extreme Shia, their reverence for Ali verges on deification, for which reason classical Sunni ulama classified them as ghulat (exaggerators), outside the orthodox Islamic fold. Alevis are also called Kizilbash (the name of the Turkmen followers of the Safavid Sufi order of the 15th and 16th centuries), and Bektashi (followers of the Anatolian Bektashi Shia Sufi order founded in the 13th century). Continue reading..

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    Release dateApr 20, 2017
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    The Alevi Of Anatolia
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    Eren Sarı

    Din, dil, ırk ayırt etmeden insanları seven, yazar 1998 Yılında Trabzon'da dünyaya geldi.. Çocuklara yönelik birçok eseri bulunan yazar tam bir çocuk aşığı olmakla beraber, Çocukları şu cümlelerle ifade ediyor; “Onlar, saflık ve temizliğin simgeleri, doğa ananın en taze nefesleri. Onlar, Dünya'nın tatlı çiğdemleri, ümit dolu filizleri. Kirlenmemiş duyguların mis kokan dünyasında; sevginin, pembe ümitlerin ve tatlı hayallerin müjdecileri. Onlar, bu yorgun coğrafyanın en nazlı çiçekleri, onlar Dünya'nın güleç yüzlü çocukları”.

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