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Review article: Kurds, Zazas and Alevis

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  • Martin van Bruinessen

    (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)

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This review article discusses recent research about two major religious and linguistic minorities among the Kurds of Turkey and their efforts to define distinct identities. The books reviewed include: Celia Jenkins, Suavi Aydin & Umit Cetin, eds., Alevism as an Ethno-Religious Identity: Contested Boundaries, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2018, 130 pp., (ISBN 978-1-138-09631-8). Erdal Gezik & Ahmet Kerim Gültekin, eds., Kurdish Alevis and the Case of Dersim: Historical and Contemporary Insights, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019, 172 pp., (ISBN 978-1-4985-7548-5). Eberhard Werner, Rivers and Mountains: A Historical, Applied Anthropological and Linguistical Study of the Zaza People of Turkey Including an Introduction to Applied Cultural Anthropology, Nürnberg: VTR Publications, 2017, 549 pp., (ISBN 978-3-95776-065-4).

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  • Martin van Bruinessen, 2020. "Review article: Kurds, Zazas and Alevis," Kurdish Studies, Society of history and cultural studies, Hong Kong, vol. 8(2), pages 371-381, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:ksjrnl:v:8:y:2020:i:2:p:371-381
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/ks.v8i2.574
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