Dergâh-ı Abdal Musa : a heterodox dervish tekke between the state and the people
Author
Kaşoturacak, Gizem
Advisor
Ergenç, Özer
Date
2009Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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This thesis attempts to propose a hypothetical explanation to the reason of the
noteworthy transformation in the relations between the heterodox tekkes and the
Ottoman State. Since the foundation of the uc beylik at the fourteenth century, these
relations were already based on the mutual interests; however after the appearance of
new actors and threats their nature changed significantly.
The present study tries to understand especially the period of transformations
in the relations between the Ottomans and the heterodox Kalenderî dervishes
happened after the appearance of the Safavî State hence late fifteenth and early
sixteenth century. It focuses on the idea that following the success of the Safavî
propaganda the Ottomans needed an intermediary agent to reach out the heterodox
Turcomans and they found it in the dervish tekkes. The regulations in the tekke of
iv
Hadji Bektash and its reflections on the other Kalenderî tekkes are therefore very
important to analyze in details.
These transformations will be analyzed through Abdal Musa Tekke of Elmal ,
Antalya. Abdal Musa appeared as a Kalenderî dervish transformed into a Bektashi
sheikh and his tekke was connected directly to the central Hadji Bektash Tekke is one
of the significant examples of this State policy against the Turcoman tribes and their
heterodox dervishes.
Keywords
Abdal Musatekke/waqf system
dervish
Bektashiyya
Kalenderiyya
Menâkıbnâme
Safavi propaganda