Examination of the Alevi-Bektashism terms in erkanname1, one of the Alevi-Bektashi classics

ABSTRACT Alevism which is a special field of Islamic history and social sciences has been spread in many geographies in different aspects due its political (Shiism means to support Prophet Ali) and belief identity (especially because of the love to Ehlibeyt) since the birth process. For this reason, it has been an research study in history and some disciplines of social sciences with its historical accumulations. The fact that Alevism is kept alive regularly and dignitariesly is closely related to the fact that the verbal and written memory of this belief is saved alive in "a collective memory". Many works have been written as products of this collective memory. Dignitaries books have been written about the spiritual functions and responsibilities of the belief system/ sect tradition called "Path" in Alevism. There are currently a lot of samples of Erkânnâme submitted to be evaluated to the literary world. The mutual responsibilities of mentors and disciples are disscussed in this work. There are also important words, namely, terms explaning these responsibilities in erkân (method) books. One of them, which we will determine Alevism-Bektashism terms in is Erkânnâme 1. The work consists of introduction, main section, conclusion and references. In the introduction, there is some information about Erkânnâme 1, after that the explanation and creation ways of the term have been mentioned. Afterwards, lexical meanings of the terms and their sufistic aspects in Alevism have been explained and some examples from the work have been shown. There is also a semantic and phonetic analysis of the terms according to the context and lexical meanings of the work. The reseach has been completed after a general evaluation in the conclusion. Key words: Alevism, Erkanname, Ehlibeyt, Path, term.