Erdal Gezik Explained

Erdal Gezik is a contemporary writer on Alevis (Kurdish Alevis in particular) and honor crimes in Turkey.[1]

Books

[Alevi Kurds; in perspective of ethnic, political and religious problems]

[Honor, Identity and Crime: a comparative study between the Netherlands, Germany and Turkey]

[The path of True: a dictionary of Dersim Alevism]

Articles

[Dersim before 1938- Stories of daily life. A local guide for oral history.]

[The institution of Seyit in east Anatolian Alevism and its transformation in modern times]

[The story of a forgotten king and his followers; an analysis of serpent beliefs in Dersim region]

[A historical analysis of the disappearance of the saints Munzur and Düzgün]

[Alevism and Christianity: a common past or a common future?]

[From Tribe to Republic - two Alevi cases: Varto and Koçgiri][3]

[Traditional beliefs in Dersim region; from the perspective of the night]

[Ciralik – a material contribution system in the name of God, Pir and Talip]

[An Alevi version of creation by Nesimi Kılagöz]

[About honor crimes and its opponents]

[About honor crimes]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iiav.nl/epublications//2007/Honourkillings.pdf The Dynamics of Honor Killings in Turkey, by Filiz Kardam, p.85
  2. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611417/index.pdf The Dynamics of Tore as the Ethos of Tribe in Kiziltepe, by Onder Gunes, p.105
  3. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608943/index.pdf Ethnic Identity and Social Distance in Ankara, by Lufti Altunsu, p.151