Information Package / Course Catalogue
The Culture and Literature of Alevi- Bektaşi
Course Code: TRDE645
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To analyze poets-minstrels who grew up in the dervish lodge, a kind of formal education institutions, and who sing pleasantly their poems with the religious-sufistic content in accordance with the spirit of people and their pleasure; to deal with their works, the historical, social, and religious environment that these works appeared.

Course Content

Poets-minstrels who grew up in the dervish lodge, a kind of formal education institutions, and who sing pleasantly their poems with the religious-sufistic content in accordance with the spirit of people and their pleasure; to deal with their works, the historical, social, and religious environment that these works appeared.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Learninğ Alevi Bektaşi tradition of poem
2.Understanding alevi bektaşi tradition
3.Gain of knowledge is about mistical islam
4.Uses the works of Alevism and Bektashi literature in folklore researches.
5.Determine the reflection of basic principles of Alevism and Bektashism in literary tradition.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Religious poem in Turks before Islamic period
Week 2 - Theoretical
Sufistic movement and Middle Asia
Week 3 - Theoretical
Dervish lodge and Madrasa-centered cultural formation
Week 4 - Theoretical
The route of religious-sufistic poetry from Ahmet Yesevi to Yunus Emre
Week 5 - Theoretical
The religious-sufistic ground in Anatolia in XIII-XVI. Century I
Week 6 - Theoretical
The religious-sufistic ground in Anatolia in XIII-XVI. Century II
Week 7 - Theoretical
Poetry, music and ritual around dervish lodge
Week 8 - Theoretical
Sufistic poetry around dervish lodge I: Yunus Emre
Week 9 - Theoretical
Sufistic poetry around dervish lodge III: Pir Sultan Abdal
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sufistic poetry around dervish lodge IV: Kul Himmet
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sufistic poetry around dervish lodge V: Sümmani
Week 12 - Theoretical
Sufistic poetry around dervish lodge VI: Aşık Veysel
Week 13 - Theoretical
Sufistic poetry around dervish lodge VI: Mahsuni Şerif
Week 14 - Theoretical
Mistical poetry Minstrel Dertli Divani
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%60
Midterm Examination1%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination150151
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026