COURSE SYLLABUS

THE LITERARY SOURCES OF ALEVISM-BAKTASHISM

1	Course Title:	THE LITERARY SOURCES OF ALEVISM-BAKTASHISM
2	Course Code:	TIB6161
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	7
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Mehmet ÇELENK
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet Çelenk mecelenk@hotmail.com uludağ üniversitesi ilahiyat fakültesi 2431066-60172
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To teach the basic elements of the Alevi-Bektashi written and oral tradition.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Provides the ability to reach and interpret information about the field of study.

Learning Outcomes:

1	The student learns the formation of the Alevi-Bektashi tradition.;
2	Students comprehend the common and different points of the Alevi-Bektashi tradition.;
3	Students comprehend the basic elements of the Alevi-Bektashi written and oral tradition.;
4	Students comprehend the modern period crises and engagements of the Alevi-Bektashi society.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The phenomenon of sect in the Islamic Tradition
2	Shia and Ahl al-Bayt in the Islamic tradition.
3	The zahiri and batini sects that emerged in the Islamic tradition.
4	The concepts of Alevism and Bektashism, the development course of the concepts of Alevism and Bektashism.
5	The emergence of Anatolian Alevism on the stage of history, the Safavid Dervish lodge, the Ottoman / Safavid struggle and its effects on the formation of Alevi / Kizilbas thought.
6	Founding leaders and the thought of Alevisim
7	Basic components of Alevi / Kizilbash ş thought, Islam, Shia, Sufism, Old Turkish tradition.
8	Alevi / Bektashi difference and their Institutional structuring
9	Written sources of Alevi / Kizilbash thought: Buyruks
10	Verbal nature of Alevi / Kizilbash thought
11	The process of opening up Alevi / Kizilbash thought to the public sphere, the demands of the Alevi community.
12	Evolution of Alevi / Kizilbash thought and crises
13	the process of "Alevi Açılımı" and the workshops on Alevism
14	New public faces of Alevism, Authors, Poets, Politicians.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ahmet Yaşar Ocak, Türkler, Türkiye ve İslam, İletişim yayınları, 2011. Ahmet Yaşar Ocak, Türk Sufiliğine Bakışlar, iletişim yayınları, 2016. Ahmed Yaşar, Ocak, Osmanlı Toplumunca Zındıklar ve Mülhidler: 15-17. yüzyıllar, İstanbul 1998. Ethem Ruhi, Fığhalı, Türkiye’de Alevilik Bektaşilik, İstanbul 1990. Irene, Melikoff, Hacı Bektaş: Efsaneden Gerçeğe, İstanbul 1998. Irene, Melikoff, Uyur İdik Uyardılar, çev. Turan Alptekin, İstanbul 1993. Makalat, derleyen Ali Yılmaz, Diyanet Vakfı yayınları, 2007. Mehmet, Yaman, Alevilik, İnanç, Edep, Erkan, Demos yayınları, 2012. Orhan, Türkdoğan, Alevi-Bektaşi Kimliği, Timaş yayınları, 1995. Rıza Yıldırım, Menakıb-ı Evliya, Buyruk, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2020. Rıza, Yıldırım, Geleneksel Alevilik, iletişim Yayınları, 2018. Mehmet Çelenk, 16-17. Yüzyıllarda İran’da Şiiliğin Seyri, Emin yayınları, 2013.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Classical Exam
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High