SOSYO-KÜLTÜREL DEĞİŞME BAĞLAMINDA TUNCELİ ALEVİ OCAKLARINDA AİLE

Abstract

The study focused on understanding the family structure of the seven main Alevi ocaks in Tunceli, which are still active. The aim of the study is to understand the family structures of Alevi Alevi dedes (spiritual leaders) and family members belonging to these seven ocaks, to learn what kind of correspondence the family institution finds in the ocaks, and thus to reveal what kind of differentiation there is in the family in the process of social change. As part of the field study, interviews were conducted with Alevi dedes and family members in Tunceli and Elazığ. The data were analyzed by subjecting the content analysis technique. With the findings obtained, it has been tried to shed light on the family structures of the people and the dedes living in the region, the socio-cultural changes in the family and what kind of responses they find in the family. According to the general result obtained from the study themes, both Alevi dedes and family members stated that the family structures of both the Alevi community living in their geography and the entire Alevi society in general have undergone changes. While the Alevi dedes attributed this change to the fact that the loyalty to the Alevi belief as before, and that there was a disintegration in the rituals, traditions and customs practiced in Alevism with the intense migration to the cities, family members attributed this situation to the young generation’s rapid adaptation to the change and to the requirements of the time and place. The people who participated in the interview said that they were affected by the change by intertwining with different cultures as a result of these changes and that they agreed on not being able to resist the changes and transformations experienced on a social basis.

Keywords

• alevi
• tunceli
• ocak
• family
• change
• family structure