Guest edited by Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins, and Suavi Aydın
EDITORIAL: Alevi Kurds: History, Politics and Identity
Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins, and Suavi Aydın
Politics and Identity in Alevi Kurds: An Interview with Martin van Bruinessen
Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins, and Suavi Aydın
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A Survey of the Roots and History of Kurdish Alevism: What are the Divergences and Convergences between Kurdish Alevi Groups in Turkey?
Suavi Aydın
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Reflections on the 19th Century Missionary Reports as Sources for the History of the (Kurdish) Kizilbash
Ayfer Karakaya-Stump
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Political Representation of Alevi Kurds in Turkey: Historical Trends and Main Transformations
Cengiz Gunes
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The Struggle to Make Diaspora Alevis Companion with Working Class: Alevism in Kavga / Kervan Magazine
Tuncay Bilecen
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Diasporic Homeland, Rise of Identity and New Traditionalism: The Case of the British Alevi Festival
Cemal Salman
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Language Attitudes and Religion: Kurdish Alevis in the UK
Birgul Yilmaz
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“Aspirational Capital” and Transformations in First-Generation Alevi-Kurdish Parents’ Involvement with Their Children’s Education in the UK
Celia Jenkins
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Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-Generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London
Umit Cetin
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Book Reviews
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