Shii News – ‘cemevi and local Alevi politics’ – M. A. Karaömerlioğlu, N. S. Kourou

Where faith meets modernity: cemevi and local Alevi politics

Abstract This article intends to shed light on the local politics of the Alevis by focusing on three different cemevis in Istanbul’s Gazi neighborhood. Based on a field study in the neighborhood between 2014 and 2015 and eventually revisiting it in 2019, we analyze the local political dynamics with regard to different cemevis.

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