Cetin, U. and Jenkins, C. 2024. Alevi Kurds in the UK: Paving the way towards recognition of a new ethno-religious identity . in: Wang, C. and Lamb, T. (ed.) Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London: Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces Multilingual Matters.
| Chapter title | Alevi Kurds in the UK: Paving the way towards recognition of a new ethno-religious identity |
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| Authors | Cetin, U. and Jenkins, C. |
| Editors | Wang, C. and Lamb, T. |
| Abstract | This chapter examines the ways in which Alevi Kurdish migrants from Turkey have constructed a distinctive ethno-religious Alevi identity in London, UK, by negotiating and redefining the boundaries of their ethnic, socio-political, cultural and religious identity. The estimated fifteen to twenty million Alevis in Turkey are the second largest religious group and the fifteen to twenty million Kurds are the second largest ethnic group in Turkey. While the majority of Alevis in Turkey are Turkish, the majority of Alevis in the UK are Kurdish and they constitute one of the largest diasporic Alevi Kurdish communities in the world (Cetin et al., 2020). The chapter starts by defining what we mean by ethno-religious identity and then briefly traces the impact of the persecuted exclusion of Alevis, and particularly Alevi Kurds, in Turkey on the identity and settlement pathways in London of the first generation and its impact on the second generation. It explores the formation of Alevi-Kurds in London, and later the UK, as an ethno-religious community and highlights the important role of the community associations in achieving a politics of recognition and in raising the visibility of Alevis by gaining official recognition and participation in mainstream British society, redefining Alevism in the process. |
| Book title | Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London: Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 16 Jan 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781788927758 |
| 9781788927765 | |
| 9781788927772 | |
| 9781788927789 | |
| File | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |