Propethood and guardianship relationship in Alevism-Bektashism

The Turks, who lived in Central Asia as nomads, were members of the single god belief called the sky god. Arabs also believed in one God, the moderate Islamic policies of the Abbasid administration, the Turks asked for help from the Arabs against the Chinese rule in the Talas War, and the Arabs sided with the Turks, and the Turks were the Prophet. Their acquaintance with the love of Ali and Ehl-i Beyt made it easier for Turks to adopt the religion of Islam. However, it cannot be immediately said that they fully embrace Islam and become Muslim. The positive relations established over a long period of time, the gradual spread of the religion of Islam to the rural areas, and the Turks' meeting with Sufism accelerated their adoption of Islam. Societies that lived according to a certain culture and life forms throughout the ages and then evolved into those cultures by being influenced by other cultures for various reasons have gone through various stages. Despite the long period of these transitions they made, they did not lose their loyalty to their previous culture. They embraced some elements of their previous culture as they were and adapted the rest to the culture they passed on. This is a well-known sociological phenomenon. This phenomenon has also been valid for Turkish communities. In this study, the historical background of the Alevism and Bektashism thought system and the relationship between prophethood and guardianship with belief theories were tried to be understood through a literature review. In the study, this historical determination has been tried to be made from four main philosophical sources. First resource group; Menakıbname, Velayetname, Order, the breaths of the Seven Great Poets and the breaths of the lovers who became famous by the Alevis were taken as basis, which are accepted as the literature of the Alevi and Bektashi tradition of thought. The second resource group was investigated by looking at the perspectives of both theologian scholars belonging to the Sunni Islamic belief and Sunnis' perspective on Alevi and Bektashi thought in the past in this field. The third resource group was based on objective sources on the Alevism and Bektashism tradition of thought by the Orientalist group, Western researchers. The fourth source group was based on the sources of Sufism literature that most influenced Alevi and Bektashi thought. The purpose of this study is Hz. It is to determine the historical background of the Alevi and Bektashi tradition, which is one of the structures of thought formed around Ali's historical and epic personality, and the meaning that this mindset has attributed to the post of prophethood. To reveal whether the relationship between guardianship theory and belief in prophethood is continuity or an alternative that can be used instead. The scope of the study is within the framework of both the manuscripts, which are important for the Alevism and Bektashism tradition that has formed from the oral culture until today, and the works of the members of the Alevi and Bektashi traditions who have lived and continue to live recently. In order to look at different segments and affiliations as an outside eye, studies on this field were also taken into consideration, as well as not from this tradition. Keywords: Kalam, Alevism, Bektashism, Prophethood, Custody