Between <i>Mezhep</i> and Minority: Twelver Shiʿism in the Turkish Public Sphere

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Abstract Despite the growth in scholarship on diverse religious communities Turkey, little attention has been paid to Twelver Shiʿi Muslims. Since founding of Republic, Turkish state's foundational secularist agenda attempted control and promote a single hegemonic form Islam, Shiʿa have faced continuous issues practicing their faith public as result. While liberalization past three decades allowed Shiʿism enter sphere, community had continue navigating limitations expression difference. Based fieldwork Eastern Anatolia, this article deepens understandings Islam Turkey by showing how negotiated position vis-à-vis both Sunni-majority actors policies across various political currents. Rejecting categorization either mezhep (sect) or minority, demanded independence from state while also asserting allegiance Republic nation

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Middle East Studies

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['0020-7438', '1471-6380']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020743823001083