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Alevism
A vast plateau. A flicker of music at dusk. In thirteenth-century Anatolia, a new spiritual current begins to flow. It is neither wholly Sunni, nor Shi'i, nor Sufi in the mainstream sense. Instead, it is something distinct—an identity forged in ambiguity, lineage, and song. If you listen closely, you might hear the first notes of Alevism, a tradition whose roots still shape millions of lives today.Imagine Anatolia in the late medieval age—crossroads of empires, home to Turkic migrants, Sufi wanderers, and local villagers. This is the uneasy world where Alevism emerges. Adherents and…
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