estimates of the percentage of Turkey's population that are Alevi include between 4% and 25%. "Alevi" (/æˈlɛvi/) is generally explained as referring to Ali...

The History of the Shī‘ah Imāmate Alevī Ṭarīqah or The History of the Alevism is that of a community of Muslims of Anatolia and neighbouring regions....

The British Alevi Federation was established in November 2013 as a registered charity in England and Wales. The British Alevi Federation is an umbrella...

The Ottoman persecution of Alevis is best known in connection with the Ottoman sultan Selim I's reign (1512–1520) and his war against the Safavids in 1514...

socio-religious organizations among Kurds who adhere to Alevism. Kurdish Alevis consider their hereditary sacred lineages as semi-deific figures, often...

particular religious community which adherents of Alevism belong to. In Alevi tradition, each ocak is led by a dede, who is assumed to be descended from...

ethnic identity also spoke Zazaki as their mother language. Concerning Alevis, which were separately analysed, c. 70% spoke Zazaki, but Turkish (70%)...

estimates of share of Alevi are between 10% to 40% of the population. KONDA's estimate was 5% in 2006. 4% of adult citizens identified as Alevi in a survey in...

Nationalist Alevi Bektashi Cultural Associations (Turkish: Milliyetçi Alevi Bektaşi Kültür Dernekleri) is a Turkish ultranationalist union of various Alevi associations...

in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi. According to Twelver theology, the Twelve Imams are exemplary human individuals...

Madımak) in Sivas, Turkey, which resulted in the killing of 37 people, mostly Alevi intellectuals. Two perpetrators also died during the incident. The victims...

Selim. Black Shi'ism is a product of the Post-Safavid-Period. Alevi, also called Red Head Alevi Shiites. Red Shi'ism (the religion of martyrdom) vs. Black...

remaining Muslim sects, forming about 9% of the Muslim population, consist of Alevis, Ja'faris (representing 1%) and Alawites (with an estimated population of...

Pärnu Alevi Cemetery (Estonian: Pärnu Alevi kalmistu) is a cemetery in Pärnu, Estonia. The cemetery was established in 1773. Amandus Heinrich Adamson...

Komkujiya Mereşê) was the massacre of more than one hundred leftists and Alevi Kurds in the city of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, in December 1978, primarily...

titles Preceded by Muhammad as Final prophet Twelver Imam Zaidi Imam Ismaili Imam Alevi Imam Alawite Imam 632–661 Succeeded by Hasan ibn Ali as Imam...

Dervishes". He is revered among Alevis for an Islamic understanding that is esoteric, rational and humanistic. Alevi and Bektashi Muslims believe the...

period, including the Maraş massacre in December 1978, which killed over 100 Alevis. They are also alleged to have been behind the Taksim Square massacre in...

Imamiyyah (Twelvers) Sarı Saltuk (Baktāshīs) al-Muʿizz Nasīmī Ja'faris Alevis Otman Baba al-ʿAzīz Akhbaris Shaykhis Usulis Balım Sultan al-Ḥākim Safavids...

school 3 Hanafi school 4 Usuli school, Akhbari school Shaykhi school 5 Alawi Alevi 6 Nizari Mustaali (Dawoodi Bohra, Sulaymani Bohra Alavi Bohra) 7 Various...

members believe that the fasting in Ramadan is obligatory although some Alevi Turks perform their fasting duties partially in Ramadan. Some beliefs of...

referring to the Jem (Alevism)) and Ali (‘Nūr’ referring to the Awliya). In Alevi thought there are three creative principles: the latent breath called Haqq...

1941 – July 9, 1993) was a Turkish poet of Alevi faith, who - together with 34 other people, mostly Alevi intellectuals - fell victim to the 1993 Sivas...

Revenge of the Flame (Turkish: İntikam Alevi) is a 1956 Turkish drama film directed by Osman F. Seden. The stars of the film are Ayhan Işık, Mualla Kaynak...

Karbala Mashhad Jerusalem Samarra Kadhimiya Qom Groups Ja'fari Usuli Akhbari Alevi Shaykhi Other related sects and groups Alawites Sufism and Alevism Qizilbash...

the Balkans and among Ottoman-era Greek Muslim communities. The term “Alevi-Bektashi” is currently a widely and frequently used expression in the religious...

Karbala Mashhad Jerusalem Samarra Kadhimiya Qom Groups Ja'fari Usuli Akhbari Alevi Shaykhi Other related sects and groups Alawites Sufism and Alevism Qizilbash...

Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland. In addition to Sunni Turks, there are Alevi Turks whose local Islamic traditions have been based in Anatolia, as well...

about 85% of all Shia Muslims. Others include the Isma'ili, Zaydi, and Alevi. Shia Muslims form a majority of the population in four countries across...

consular senator at its head and a permanent staff. In 161, the curator alevi Tiberis et riparum et cloacarum urbis ('Curator of the Tiber Bed and Banks...