Alewis' articulation to left politics in Tukey: Faith's and community organisation's effects

This study scrutinizes, the relation between Alewis and the left politisc as an articulation, one of the reason that effects of Alewis' faith and community organisation. Although passing through similar process and having similar class, the different parts of the society could participate in political sphere distinctively. In this context, the most important point that emphases on is dysfunctionalisation of organisation form in the former society formation and of community ties main role in the new order. There are many factor that brought about articulation, such as the effects of modernisation, historical process, contribution to new positions in the new formation. This thesis aims to explain the articulation in terms of holistic view. Initially, the theoretical frame of the causes of articulation are constructed. Secondly, the fact that the definition of Alewism, the historical background of Alewism until 1960 that beginning of the affiliation are referred. In this way, after theoterical and historical background, except form the effect of faith and community organisation, the reason fo the articulation between Alewis and left politics is examined in terms of the given theoretical frame. The fact that how the main elements of organisation and characteristics of Alewism faith accord with left political discourse and how they provide sources to the articulation are handled with speacially Marx and Engels' thoughts and analysises, political anthropological perspective.