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Multicultural Clientelism and Alevi Resurgence in the Turkish Diaspora: Berlin Alevis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Ayhan Kaya
Ayhan Kaya*
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Department of International Relations, Marmara University
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This paper will concentrate primarily on the current Alevi resurgence in Berlin. While exposing the principal driving forces behind the resurgence of Alevism, three crucial aspects will be underlined. Firstly, it will be argued that Alevi resurgence in Berlin partly derives from the institutional structure of Berlin, which has “minoritised” and ethnicised Alevis in time through Ausländergesetz (Foreigners’ Law) and an ideology of multiculturalism. Secondly, it will be claimed that this ethnic revival leading to the construction of a community discourse among Alevis also springs from Alevis’ attempt to speak from the margin in a way that could reverberate more in the public sphere. Finally, the radicalising momentum, which Alevi revivalism in the diaspora context has recently gained, will be touched upon in relation to Sivas and Gazi Mahallesi incidences in Turkey.

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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 18 , Spring 1998 , pp. 23 - 49
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey 1998

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