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Turkey's Alevi enigma : a comprehensive overview

A discussion of how the multifaceted reality of the Alevis impinges on society and politics in contemporary Turkey. It examines the history and origins of the Alevis; their ethnic identity and cultural representation; and their political life and the effect that this had on Turkey's polity.
Print Book, English, 2003
Brill, Leiden, 2003
XIV, 243 p. ; 25 cm.
9789004125384, 9004125388
912368877
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