Getting to the Final Form: Reforming of the Alevi and Bektaşi Belief Through Their Interaction with One Another

Abstract

The Alevis/Kızılbaş and Bektaşis, two of the most prominent religious groups of the Ottoman dynasty, in modern times, have unusually come to be called the Alevi-Bektaşis. This way of use gives the Reyhan Erdoğdu Başaran the social, political, and religious experience of the Kızılbaş over the course of its transformation into the Alevi belief system? In what sense did both sides benefit or not benefit from such a link?