The place of Hz. Ali - Hz. Fatima daughters and granddaughters in Turkish-Bektashi and Alevi culture

The members of The Prophet Muhammed?s family are called Ehl-iBeyt. Ehl-i Beyt continues by means of the Ali - Fatıma?s race. Ehl-i Sünnetscholars and their wives who came from the family of Ali-Fâtıma accept hisEhl-i Beyt and they are in agreement. After the death of Ali, the fight betweenEmevû and Hâşimû continues more severely and with the event of Kerbelâ,there occurs a great breaking. The ladies who are the doughters of Ali-Fatıma play effective roles in this struggle.One of the most important slamic values, wich makes Turkishpeople closer to each other, is the family of the Prophet Muhammed. Theladies of Ehl-i Beyt, who are decent, solitary, courageous, are good examplesfor Turkish women. The most specific groop is Alevi - Bektashi, since theyfocus on the love of Ehl-i Beyt in their construction of religious order. Thestruggle and lives of the ladies of Ehl-i Beyt are described differently andorijinally in this group. Their name live on by means of poems, legends,customs, folk dances, tombs, buildings, modes and cultural vawes.