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Erdal Gezik

Turkish writer

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Erdal Gezik was a Turkish sociologist.

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

Books Etnik, politik dinsel sorunlar bağlamında – Alevi Kürtler, 2000, Ankara, Kalan Yayınları. [Alevi Kurds; in perspective of ethnic, political and religious problems] Eer, Identiteit en Moord; een vergelijkende studie tussen Nederland, Duitsland en Turkije, 2003, Utrecht. [Honor, Identity and Crime: a comparative study between the Netherlands, Germany and Turkey] Raa Haqi - Riya Haqi: Dersim Aleviliği İnanç Terimleri Sözlüğü, 2010, Ankara, Kalan Yayınları [The path of True: a dictionary of Dersim Alevism]

Articles Dersim 38 ve Öncesinde Toplumsal Yaşam – sözlü tarih metodu, 1998, Amsterdam. [Dersim before 1938- Stories of daily life. A local guide for oral history.] Doğu Aleviliğinde Seyitlik ve Yakın Tarihte Geçirdiği Değişimler, in: Yeni Binyılda Dersim (ed. A. Dersimi), Munich, 2000. [The institution of Seyit in east Anatolian Alevism and its transformation in modern times] Unutulmuş bir kral ve taraftarlarının hikayesi; yılanın Dersim maceralarının deneysel bir analizi, 2000, Munzur Dergisi nr 1, p. 4-29. [The story of a forgotten king and his followers; an analysis of serpent beliefs in Dersim region] Munzur ve Düzgün’un sıroluşlarının tarihsel bir analiz, 2000, Munzur Dergisi nr. 4, 15–29. [A historical analysis of the disappearance of the saints Munzur and Düzgün] Alevilik ve Hıristiyanlık: ortak geçmis mi, ortak gelecek mi, 2003, Munzur Dergisi, nr 15, p. 4-27. [Alevism and Christianity: a common past or a common future?] Seref, Kimlik ve Cinayet: Namus Cinayetleri Uzerine Bir Arastirma, Kalan Yayinlari:Ankara, 2003. Aşiret’ten Cumhuriyet’e iki Alevi örneıi: Varto ve Koçgiri, 2005, Kırkbudak (Journal of Anatolian Folk Beliefs), nr 4, p. 27-48. [From Tribe to Republic - two Alevi cases: Varto and Koçgiri] Elke, Qerte Boz ve Gul u Gulistan: Dersim bölgesinde kültür ve dinsel geleneklere bir gece bakışı, 2008, Munzur Dergisi nr. 29, p. 4-26, [Traditional beliefs in Dersim region; from the perspective of the night] Ciralik – Hak, Pir ve Talip adına bir katkı sistemine dair, 2009, Munzur Dergisi nr. 31, p. 4-34. [Ciralik – a material contribution system in the name of God, Pir and Talip] Nesimi Kılagöz ile yaratılış üzerine, 2009, Munzur Dergisi nr. 32, p. 4-34. [An Alevi version of creation by Nesimi Kılagöz]

Over de eermoorden en hun tegenstanders, 2002, Rechtshulp (maandblad voor de sociale praktijk), nr 6/7, p. 33-38. [About honor crimes and its opponents]

Over Eerwraak, in: Wankele Waarden, 2003, Utrecht, p. 174-181 [About honor crimes]

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Who was Erdal Gezik?

Turkish writer

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Erdal Gezik was a sociologist.

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Erdal Gezik was Turkish.

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