A look into the Alevis of Turkey (different from alawites of syria)

[Sinan]

they were persecuted for hundreds of years under the ottoman empire under multiple massacres, pogroms, restrictions, and enslavements, and consider Mustafa kemal Ataturk the Mahdi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alevism

[Ashvazdanghe]

On 7/12/2018 at 7:08 AM, Sinan said:

under the ottoman empire under multiple massacres,

Salam because of this they lose connection with mainstream Shia so they relied on their interruptions but they keep corebeliefs of Shia theology althought they forgot rituals.

Edited July 14, 2018 by Ashvazdanghe