ANADOLU ALEVÎLİĞİNİN TEMEL SORUNLARI

Abstract

Alawism and Bektashism are one of the most striking groups in Anatolia considering the population density. Alawism that has mostly been on the agenda for the last fifty years, has been heavily discussed with its religious, political, ethnic and economical dimensions.Actually, it is not possible to handleAlawism and Bektashism independently from the change process that dragged the whole World and Turkey consequently. It was not possible for Alawism to stay away from this process which changed rapidly all social structures in the last two centuries. In essence, the change and transformation in the second half of the twentieth century in Alawite community who lives based on the principle of trust and rather in a closed structure in rural areas, can only be explained by the characteristics of the era. Therefore, in addition to many historical, social, political, economic and religious aspects of the subject stemming from the past, there are also problems brought about by the modern era. In this article, the main issues of Anatolian Alawism are discussed. In this context, the question of how the methods should be followed in firework studies has been discussed and the issue of the reliability of the available information has been debated. Also, the boundaries of the Alawism concept, the issue of Alavians’ ethnic origin, approaches to their religious status and the problem of politicization have been addressed. Thus, it has been tried to provide information in a general and objective way to those who want to know about the fundamental problems of Anatolian Alawism today.

Keywords

• i̇slam mezhepleri tarihi
• alevilik bektaşilik
• aleviliğin sorunları
• tanımlama sorunu
• siyasallaşma sorunu
• temsil sorunu.