How Did We Come From Khorasan?-The Road Story of Alevis

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

Most of the Turks and Kurds in Anatolia say that they come from Khorasan. They don't really know when, why and how they came. The majority believe in rumors, legends and unreal events that occur within the framework of the official understanding of history.
In this book, Faik Bulut sheds light on a history of Khorasan outside the official history theses and these false narratives that are common among the people; It also breaks the routine created by official theses on the subject of Khorasan.
The story of “How We Came from Khorasan” is a long journey story in terms of both distance and time: A thousand-year adventure.
When did the "We came from Khorasan" legend emerge in Turkey?
Were there Kurds and Arabs among those who went to Khorasan?
Were there Kurdish tribes in Khorasan before the Oghuzs?
Was Shamanism the belief of only Turkic tribes?
When did the Turks and Oghuzs come to Khorasan?
Was Khorasan the Alevi-Kızılbaş homeland from the beginning?
Who took the idea of Batini and Ahl al-Bayt to Khorasan and Turkestan?
Were the Turks and Alevis the only people who came from Khorasan?
The answers to all these and many more questions are found in the lines of this story.

Cover Design: Devrim Koçlan

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 16 x 24

First Printing Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Printing