Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi (Jun 2018)

TÜRK HALK DİNDARLIĞI VE EVLİYA İNANCI: SOSYOLOJİK BİR YAKLAŞIM [TURKISH FOLK RELIGION AND SAINT BELIEF: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH]

  • Muammer Ak

Journal volume & issue
no. 86

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Visit phenomenology and slavery beliefs constitute important aspects of the religiosity in the religioussocial life. The belief is called such names as tomb, tomb, dervish, grandfather tomb, visit and. This belief includes visits to the places where people believed in their spiritual strength and virtues are assumed to be buried, visits made with certain wishes, and similar practices in this area. In the background of these beliefs and practices, it is possible to see traces of human psychology, environmental factors, social and economic opportunities as well as pre-Islamic Turkish beliefs and cultures. Our previous belief of God and the need to seek help from some powerful souls around this center has been transformed into a cult of the Walis with the Islamic identity. Today, Turkey seems to be centered on the cult of Walis with a wide range of religious mysticism effect. People see these walis as people with superior powers and qualities, who are close to Allah, and as people who are believed to help others in any matter. These people are also believed to be Allah’s beloved servants, to possess miracles, to be humble, to help people in times of trouble, to know the unknown, and to heal the sick. The Wali belief in the Turkish society is formed not only around historical personalities, but also around those who live. The talents that are believed to be possessed by the Walis are called miracles in the Sufi terminology. Another concept that is considered as a sign of the spiritual power of the Wali is fertility. In this context, the fact that the Wali is blessed and that the blessing of visit can be seen as an important feature of visitation piousness. In this study, the visitation phenomenon and the belief in the Wali, which constitute important parts of the religious life of the Turkish society, are examined. In this article, visit phenomenon, where the Wali is based on faith and the foundation of these beliefs, issues such as the Wali’s features are invrstigated by the phenomenological method using a sociological perspective.

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