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In recent years, various empirical qualitative studies on Alevi traditions have been conducted in Turkey. In these interviews, individuals belonging to the Alevi faith community have shared various Alevi narratives about God and creation and the transmission of just order and norms. Based on these narratives, this article undertakes the task of presenting the origin myths of Alevi law in the present and analyzing them. Likewise, this article attempts to read and analyze Alevi law in the context of the German and Austrian law.

Keywords: Alevis, genealogy, law and authority

For citation: Çiçek H.I. (2023) Alevi narratives on Authority, Genealogy and Law. Istoricheskaya Etnologiya [Historical Ethnology]. Vol. 8. No. 1: 47–62. DOI: 10.22378/he.2023-8-1.47-62

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Homepages of Alevi Organization. URL: http://www.aleviten.at/_de/ (accessed: 26.12.2022)
Homepages of Alevi Organization. URL: https://alevi.com/ (accessed: 26.12.2022)
Homepages of Alevi Organization. URL: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/ Interest/Avrupa-Alevi-Birlikleri-Konfederasyonu-AABK-114615946765374/ (accessed: 26.12.2022)

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About the author: Hüseyin I. Çiçek, Dr. habil., Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe, Researcher, University of Erlangen – Nuremberg; Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies, University of Bonn (Erlangen, Germany); hueseyin.cicek@univie.ac.at

Received December 29, 2022   Accepted for publication February 15, 2023

Published Online October 23, 2023