Mysticism and identity amongst the Alevis in Turkey : a study of flexibility and adaptation in the aşık poetry of an eastern Alevi ocak
In this thesis, I investigate a minority Muslim group in Turkey called the Alevis. Particularly, I explore the way in which one Alevi group, the Dervis Cemal Ocak from Erzincan, is currently in the process of reformulating its religious traditions and rethinking its identity as it seeks to define a...
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University of Bristol
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.559494 |