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The Role of the BektÄshÄ«s in Turkey's National Struggle
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Dealing with the roles of the BektÄshÄ«s in Turkey's recent history, especially in its National Struggle (1918-1923) as well as their situation in late 19th and early 20th centuries Ottoman Empire, this volume is packed with well documented historical information on individuals who belonged or claimed to belong to the BektÄshÄ« milieu, and contains many documents and several pictures hitherto unknown. It also treats the roles of the other Sufi orders in the National Struggle to emphasize its thesis that the BektÄshÄ«s acted not differently during the National Struggle. It sheds lights on many unknown aspects of Turkey's National Struggle and brings new commentaries on Turkey's official policies regarding the BektÄshÄ«s and Alevis.
Hülya Küçük, Ph.D. (2001) in Turkology, University of Leiden, is teaching Assistant of History of Sufism at Selçuk University, Konya. She has published mainly on History of Sufism including Tasavvuf Tarihine GiriÅ (Istanbul, 1997) and she is the co-translator of er-Riaye (hÌ£Äris MuhÌ£ÄsibÄ«'s al-RiâÄya) (Istanbul, 1998).
"Die besprochene Arbeit liefert [...] einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Erforschung des Türkischen Unabhängigskeitkrieges. Das Buch zeichnet sich durch eine sehr übersichtliche Strukturierung aus." - Markus Dressler, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 158 (2008), pp. 473-478
Scholars studying BektÄs̱áºÄ«sm-Alevism, Sufi orders, and recent Turkish History will definitely be interested in it. Those who interested in the ethnical studies, and English speaking/understanding Alevis-BektÄs̱áºÄ«s/Sufis as well.