Alevis In Europe

Author : Tözün Issa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317182641

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Alevis in Europe by Tözün Issa Pdf

The Alevis are a significant minority in Turkey, and now also in the countries of Western Europe. Over the past century, many of them have migrated from rural enclaves on the Anatolian plateau to the great cities of Istanbul and Ankara, and from there to the countries of the European Union. This book asks who are they? How do they construct their identities – now and in the past; in Turkey and in Europe? A range of scholars, writing from sociological, historical, socio-psychological and political perspectives, present analysis and research that shows the Alevi communities grouping and regrouping, defining and redefining – sometimes as an ethnic minority, sometimes as religious groups, sometimes around a political philosophy - contingently responding to circumstances of the Turkish Republic’s political position and to the immigration policies of Western Europe. Contributors consider Alevi roots and cultural practices in their villages of origin; the changes in identity following the migration to the gecekondu shanty towns surrounding the cities of Turkey; the changes consequent on their second diaspora to Germany, the UK, Sweden and other European countries; and the implications of European citizenship for their identity. This collection offers a new and significant contribution to the study of migration and minorities in the wider European context.

Author : Elise Massicard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415667968

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The Alevis in Turkey and Europe by Elise Massicard Pdf

This book examines the development of identity politics amongst the Alevis in Europe and Turkey, which simultaneously provided the movement access to different resources and challenged its unity of action. While some argue that Aleviness is a religious phenomenon, and others claim it is a cultural or a political trend, this book analyzes the various strategies of claim-making and reconstructions of Aleviness as well as responses to the movement by various Turkish and German actors. Drawing on intensive fieldwork, Elise Massicard suggests that because of activists' many different definitions of Aleviness, the movement is in this sense an "identity movement without an identity."

Author : Martin Sökefeld
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1845454782

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Struggling for Recognition by Martin Sökefeld Pdf

As a religious and cultural minority in Turkey, the Alevis have suffered a long history of persecution and discrimination. In the late 1980s they started a movement for the recognition of Alevi identity in both Germany and Turkey. Today, they constitute a significant segment of Germany's Turkish immigrant population. In a departure from the current debate on identity and diaspora, Sökefeld offers a rich account of the emergence and institutionalization of the Alevi movement in Germany, giving particular attention to its politics of recognition within Germany and in a transnational context. The book deftly combines empirical findings with innovative theoretical arguments and addresses current questions of migration, diaspora, transnationalism, and identity.

Author : Jorgen S. Nielsen
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748646951

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Muslim Political Participation in Europe by Jorgen S. Nielsen Pdf

To what extent are Muslims in Europe integrated? Muslims are increasingly making themselves noticed in the political process of Europe. But what is happening behind the often sensational headlines? This book looks at the processes and realities of Muslim participation in local and national politics in a range of Eastern and Western European countries: voting patterns in local and national assemblies, membership of elected councils and national parliaments, and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities. It also asks how political participation and wider integration issues interrelate and considers how Muslims - as ethnic groups, or through specific institutions - seek to locate themselves within European political society.

Author : Paul J. White,Joost Jongerden
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004492356

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Turkey's Alevi Enigma by Paul J. White,Joost Jongerden Pdf

This volume, written by specialists, be they political scientists, historians or anthropologists, is a convenient handbook on the origins and history of Turkey's Alevis - an important group that is largely unknown in the West. It examined their ethnic identity, cultural representation, political life, and relations with the Turkish State, The Turkish Left and the Kurdish National Movement.

Author : Tözün Issa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317182658

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Alevis in Europe by Tözün Issa Pdf

The Alevis are a significant minority in Turkey, and now also in the countries of Western Europe. Over the past century, many of them have migrated from rural enclaves on the Anatolian plateau to the great cities of Istanbul and Ankara, and from there to the countries of the European Union. This book asks who are they? How do they construct their identities – now and in the past; in Turkey and in Europe? A range of scholars, writing from sociological, historical, socio-psychological and political perspectives, present analysis and research that shows the Alevi communities grouping and regrouping, defining and redefining – sometimes as an ethnic minority, sometimes as religious groups, sometimes around a political philosophy - contingently responding to circumstances of the Turkish Republic’s political position and to the immigration policies of Western Europe. Contributors consider Alevi roots and cultural practices in their villages of origin; the changes in identity following the migration to the gecekondu shanty towns surrounding the cities of Turkey; the changes consequent on their second diaspora to Germany, the UK, Sweden and other European countries; and the implications of European citizenship for their identity. This collection offers a new and significant contribution to the study of migration and minorities in the wider European context.

Author : Benjamin Weineck,Johannes Zimmermann
Publisher : History of Culture of the Modern Near and Middle East
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Alevis
ISBN : 3631663552

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Alevism Between Standardisation and Plurality by Benjamin Weineck,Johannes Zimmermann Pdf

The book analyses the ongoing struggle for a shared 'Alevi Cultural Heritage'. In these processes, the actors have to negotiate standardisation and plurality cutting across the manifold ethnic and socio-religious differences among Alevis.

Author : Tord Olsson,Elisabeth Ozdalga,Catharina Raudvere
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135797249

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Alevi Identity by Tord Olsson,Elisabeth Ozdalga,Catharina Raudvere Pdf

In the rising momentum for new and reformulated cultural identities, the Turkish Alevi have also emerged on the scene, demanding due recognition. In this process a number of dramatic events have served as important milestones: the clashes between Sunni and Alevi in Kahramanmaras in 1979 and Corum in 1980, the incendiarism in Sivas in 1992, and the riots in Istanbul (Gaziosmanpasa) in 1995. Less evocative, but in the long run more significant, has been the rising interest in Alevi folklore and religious practices. Questions have also arisen as to what this branch of Islamic heterodoxy represents in terms of old and new identities. In this book, these questions are addressed by some of the most prominent scholars in the field.

Author : Élise Massicard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Group identity
ISBN : OCLC:812256251

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The Alevis in Turkey and Europe by Élise Massicard Pdf

Author : Aziz Al-Azmeh,Effie Fokas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521860113

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Islam in Europe by Aziz Al-Azmeh,Effie Fokas Pdf

Events over recent years have increased the global interest in Islam. This volume seeks to combat generalisations about the Muslim presence in Europe by illuminating its diversity across Europe and offering a more realistic, highly differentiated picture. It contends with the monist concept of identity that suggests Islam is the shared and main definition of Muslims living in Europe. The contributors also explore the influence of the European Union on the Muslim communities within its borders, and examine how the EU is in turn affected by the Muslim presence in Europe. This book comes at a critical moment in the evolution of the place of Islam within Europe and will appeal to scholars, students and practitioners in the fields of European studies, politics and policies of the European Union, sociology, sociology of religion, and international relations. It also addresses the wider framework of uncertainties and unease about religion in Europe.

Author : Gamze Avci,Ali Çarkoğlu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135734633

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Turkey and the EU: Accession and Reform by Gamze Avci,Ali Çarkoğlu Pdf

Turkish accession to the European Union is an important but controversial item on the agenda of the European Union. By focusing on the various domestic sources that drive Turkish politics, this comprehensive study of both classic and new topics supported by fresh, new insights fills a void in the current literature on Turkey-EU relations. This volume is a comprehensive, state of the art study of domestic politics and policies and their role in Turkey’s EU accession. Contributions are obtained from established scholars, acknowledged for their expertise in their respective fields. The content is structured along issues, dynamics, actors and policies that drive Turkish politics and it provides an integrated assessment of the dynamics in Turkey-EU relations to general readers, students and specialists in EU Enlargement and Turkish politics alike. Original contributions to ‘classic’ topics such as the customs union, human rights, military, civil society, public and elite opinion, political parties and the Kurdish issue are made by assessing the domestic sources of recent developments during the negotiations period. In addition, ‘new’ topics are included that previously have not been covered or analyzed in volumes on Turkish-EU relations such as the Alevi issue, European Turks, corruption in Turkey, and Turkish parliamentary elite opinion on Turkey and the EU. This book was published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.

Author : Hande Sözer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004279193

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Managing Invisibility by Hande Sözer Pdf

In Managing Invisibility, Hande Sözer examines complicated invisibilities of Alevi Bulgarian Turks, a double-minority which faces structural discrimination in Bulgaria and Turkey. While the literature portrays minorities’ visibility as a requirement for their empowerment or a source of their surveillance, the book argues that for such minorities what matters is their control over their own visibility. To make this point, it focuses on the concept protective dissimulation, a strategy of self-imposed invisibility. It discusses cases indicating Alevi Bulgarian Turks’ strategies of dealing with historically changing majorities in their larger societies and argues that dissimulation actually reinforces the intergroup distinctions for the minority’s members. The data for the book was gathered during 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Bulgaria and Turkey.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004362529

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Exploring the Multitude of Muslims in Europe by Anonim Pdf

In Exploring the Multitude of Muslims in Europe, the fourteen collected articles present conceptualisations, productions and explorations of the multitudes of Muslims in Europe, echoing and honouring Jørgen S. Nielsen’s work on the challenges for Muslim communities in Europe.

Author : W. Cole Durham,Rik Torfs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317112358

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Islam, Europe and Emerging Legal Issues by W. Cole Durham,Rik Torfs Pdf

Islam, Europe and Emerging Legal Issues brings together vital analysis of the challenges that Europe poses for an expanding Islam and that Islam poses for Europe, within their ever-evolving religious, legal, and social environments. This book gathers some of the best thinking on Islam and the law affecting current and contested issues that can no longer be ignored, particularly as they have found their way before the European Court of Human Rights. Contributors include leading authorities who are working at the heart of this generation's law and religion questions in Europe and across the world. This book outlines implications for all those who look to Europe-from both within and without-for models of human rights implementation and multi-cultural accommodation.

Author : David Shankland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135789626

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The Alevis in Turkey by David Shankland Pdf

The example of the Alevis of Turkey is used to contribute to debates over the role of Islam in the modern world. It is argued there is nothing inherently secular-proof within Islam, but belief depends on the wider social and religious context.