Political History of Alevis 1300-1971

In addition to the inadequacy of its sources, under the influence of the Sunni perspective, which is the reference for research, the political history of the Alevis has sometimes moved away from the facts and turned into a history embellished with exaggerations and coercions. "Political History of Alevis", which is structured as two books, is a work that questions the "Alevi history narration", which is fed with exaggerations and legends, without any discussion about faith, by going beyond the "official Alevi history", although it is not easy...
Like writing that Balım Sultan, who is considered "Pir-i Sani", was an Ottoman official... Like seeing Shah Ismail's cruelty as well as his vastness... Like writing that Alevism and power never overlap... XVI. Like stating that "silence and acceptance" almost became a "natural tradition" in the Alevi world, with a few exceptions from the end of the century to the 1960s...
It's like writing that declaring many people, especially Talat Pasha and the Shaykh al-Islams of the period, as Bektashis has no equivalent in the streets or in the teachings... Atatürk's visit to Hacı Bektaş was mentioned in the "official history" with only a single line, and Mustafa Kemal was quoted as saying in Hacıbektaş, "Ceme layering, Like stating that the "siege of the sword" does not reflect the facts... Like addressing the reason why Cemalettin Çelebi, who was elected Deputy Speaker of the Parliament in the First Parliament, never came to the Parliament and died...



Number of Pages: 496

Year of Printing: 2011


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Cem Publishing House

Number of Pages: 496

First Print Year: 2011

Language Turkish