The analysis of anthropological datas in institutionalization of the Bahaism belief in the Turkey's geography

Bahais live in the local area bounded by the culture of long years, although forming Bahais continue to exist today from the belief in Ottoman Turkey geography and Baha'i who lives in the agenda of the current social discussion group has developed. Understanding of this group, which is not a closed community, but not widely recognized, and its examination in the dimension of conflict anthropology, will shed light on current debates. Research; Baha'i faith in the sample of religion and conflict in anthropological context. In particular, in the globalized world, the belief that belief and belief groups, intensely entering the agenda of social conflicts, become the subject of political and economic conflicts; it led to an analysis of the Baha'i belief, which put forward the arguments of non-conflict. In the first chapter, the subject, the definition and the importance of the research, the aim, the scope and the scope of the subject are given. In the second part; The history of Baha'ism, the rules of religion, the social life style proposed by Baha'ism are given and the regions in which the Baha'i community exists in Anatolia and in the world today are examined. In the third chapter, the subjects of interview with the individuals who have adopted the Baha'i belief, the analysis of the interview data and the field study techniques used in the study were given. In the fourth chapter, the data obtained as a result of the interviews were evaluated, the findings of the research were analyzed and interpreted and the meaning of life as Baha'i was analyzed in the context of conflict anthropology. Key Words : Bahai's, Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology of Conflict, The Universal Peace Quantity of Page : 93 Supervisor : Dr. Öğr Üyesi Handan TUNÇ