Alevism

E163246
branch of Islam heterodox Islamic movement religious tradition

Alevism is a heterodox, humanist- and mysticism-oriented branch of Islam with strong Sufi and Shia influences, practiced primarily by Turkish and Kurdish communities in Turkey and its diaspora.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Alevism canonical 11
Alevi Islam 4
Alevi Muslims 4

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Islam ⓘ
heterodox Islamic movement ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedOrder Bektashi order ⓘ
surface form: Bektashi Order
associatedWithConcept Four Gates and Forty Stations ⓘ
Yol (the Path) ⓘ
centralRitual cem ceremony ⓘ
muhabbet gathering ⓘ
semah ⓘ
coreFigure Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Haji Bektash Veli ⓘ
Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form: Twelver Imams
differsFromSunniIslamIn communal worship in cemevi ⓘ
different fasting practices ⓘ
non-observance of five daily prayers in mosque form ⓘ
emphasizesConcept equality of men and women ⓘ
inner spirituality ⓘ
love of God and humanity ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
tolerance toward other beliefs ⓘ
hasClericalRole dede ⓘ
pir ⓘ
rehber ⓘ
hasDiasporaIn Germany ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
hasImportantEvent Ashura ⓘ
surface form: Ashura commemorations

Hızır fast ⓘ
Newroz spring festival ⓘ
surface form: Nevruz celebrations
hasInfluenceFrom Shia Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
hasMajorityEthnicBase Kurds ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
historicalPersecutionIn Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
populationEstimateRange 10–25 million adherents ⓘ
practicedInCountry Turkey ⓘ
practicedInRegion Anatolia ⓘ
religiousOrientation humanist ⓘ
mysticism-oriented ⓘ
scripturalReference Buyruk ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
nefes poetry ⓘ
selfIdentificationDebate whether Alevism is inside or outside Islam ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Imami-influenced ⓘ
Sufi-influenced ⓘ
esoteric Islam ⓘ
usesMusicalForm deyiş ⓘ
nefes hymn ⓘ
usesMusicalInstrument bağlama ⓘ
usesRitualSpace cemevi ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turks → religion → Alevism ⓘ
Newroz spring festival → observedBy → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Kurds
Turkic world → hasReligiousDiversity → Alevism ⓘ
Kurdistan → hasReligion → Alevism ⓘ
eastern Turkey → religion → Alevism ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Turkey
this entity surface form: Alevi Islam
Turkic peoples → hasReligion → Alevism ⓘ
Bektashi order → influencedBy → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian folk Islam
Bektashi order → relatedTo → Alevism ⓘ
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu → ethnicGroup → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu → religion → Alevism ⓘ
Hatay Province → religiousCommunity → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Muslims
Antakya → religiousCommunitiesInclude → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Muslims
Yarsanism → relatedToReligion → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish Alevism
Zaza people → religion → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Islam
Zaza people → religion → Alevism ⓘ
Turkish diaspora → religionPracticed → Alevism ⓘ
Zaza → religion → Alevism ⓘ
Zaza → religiousMinority → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Muslims
Dimlî → hasMajorReligionOfSpeakers → Alevism ⓘ
Tunceli Province → hasSignificantPopulationGroup → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi
Tunceli Province → majorReligiousCommunity → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Muslims
Erzincan Province → hasMinorityReligion → Alevism ⓘ
Sivas Province → religion → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Islam
Alexandretta → religionPresent → Alevism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alevi Islam
rural Anatolia → includesEthnicGroup → Alevism ⓘ
subject surface form: Rural Anatolia
this entity surface form: Alevi communities