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Mapping the Tekkes and Türbes in Western Thrace: A New Contribution to the Old Literature
Mapping the Tekkes and Türbes in Western Thrace: A New Contribution to the Old Literature. (2024). Journal of Balkan Studies, 4(1), 7-26. https://doi.org/10.51331/A040
Sufis, particularly the Alevi and Bektashi communities, tend to be overlooked within in Western Thrace, where Muslim identity is dominated by Orthodox Islam (i.e., Sunnism) for both cultural and political reasons. Consequently, the sacred places of groups that are perceived to be heterodox are, similar to these groups themselves, rendered invisible and many times deliberately left to obscurity. The present study combines bibliography and fieldwork to locate and derive information about Sufi tekkes [lodges], türbes [Muslim shrines], and cemevis [gathering places] in Western Thrace to broaden the future scope of research on the material culture and beliefs of those marginalized communities.
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- Article Type Articles
- Submitted October 27, 2023
- Accepted January 12, 2024
- Published January 29, 2024
- Issue Volume 4 – Issue 1 (January 2024)
- Section Articles
