Browsing by Author "Yıldırım, Rıza"
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Dervishes in early Ottoman society and politics : a study of velayetnames as a source for history
(Bilkent University, 2001)The study aims in general to reconsider the role of dervishes in early Ottoman society and politics within the framework of the march culture during the fourteenth century. It deals with the socio-religious conditions ... -
The Safavid-Qizilbash Ecumene and the formation of the qizilbash-alevi community in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1500–c. 1700
(Routledge, 2019-09)Alevis, the largest religious minority of Turkey, also living in Europe and the Balkans, are distinguished from both Sunnis and Shiʿites by their latitudinarian attitude toward Islamic Law. Conceptualizing this feature as ... -
Turkomans between two empires : the origins of the Qızılbash identity in Anatolia (1447-1514)
(Bilkent University, 2008)This thesis aims to evaluate the emergence of the Qizilbash Movement and the Qizilbash Identity during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century within the struggle between the Ottoman and the Safavid power. The ...
