e-Makalat Mezhep Araştırmaları Dergisi

Abstract

Pīr Sulṭān Abdāl Cultural Associations are one of the most controversial structures among the ʿAlawī organizations in Turkey because they include many ethnic and ideological groups that are considered marginal. Some of the ʿAlawīs living in Tokat city center carry out their activities under the roof of associations and cemevi affiliated with this structure. Pīr Sulṭān Abdāl Association Tokat Branch is an ʿAlawī organization established in the city center of Tokat in 1994, right after the Madımak Incident in Sivas. In this article, the activities, problems, and some expectations of the ʿAlawīs living in Tokat and carrying out their activities around the Pīr Sulṭān Abdāl Association are discussed; It has been determined whether these activities have any differences with the thoughts and attitudes determined by the headquarters. In this study, which was prepared using participant observation and interview techniques, the descriptive method was centered; The resulting information and findings have been tried to be conveyed as they are, without making any personal comments or judgments about the topics discussed. At the end of the research, in summary, it was determined that Pīr Sulṭān Abdāl Association Tokat Branch was compatible with the thoughts and attitudes exhibited by the headquarters, that they were far from the traditional understanding of ʿAlawīsm and that they were against the newly established ʿAlawī- Bektās̲h̲ī Culture and Cemevi Presidency.