The Alevi Diaspora – Its emergence as a political actor and its impact on the homeland

Zeynep Arslan ()
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Zeynep Arslan: Vienna, Austria

Border Crossing, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 342-353

Abstract: Through comparative literature research and qualitative analysis, this article considers the development of Alevi identity and political agency among the diaspora living in a European democratic context. This affects the Alevi emergence as political actors in Turkey, where they have no official recognition as a distinct religious identity. New questions regarding their identity and their aspiration to be seen as a political actor confront this ethno-religious group defined by common historical trauma, displacement, massacre, and finally emigration.

Keywords: Eastern Anatolian Alevis; European (Anatolian) Alevis; Ethno-religious community; Democratization processes; Self-identification processes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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