The Alevis (Turkis: Alevîlik or Turkis: Anadolu Alevîliği/Alevileri, an aw cried Qizilbash,[1] or Shī‘ah Imāmī-Tasawwufī Ṭarīqah, or Shīʿah-ī Bāṭen’īyyah)[2] is a syncretic,[3] heterodox,[4] an local Islamic tradeetion,[5] that's adherents follae the mystical (bāṭenī)[2] teachins o Ali, the Twal Imams an a descendant—the 13t century Alevi saunt Haji Bektash Veli.

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  1. Anadolu Kızılbaşlığı or semply Kızılbaşlık wad better represent the majority o thair members.
  2. a b Radtke, B. "Bāṭen". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 9 Julie 2014.
  3. "The Alevis". www.guidetomuslimdiversity.com.au (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 11 Mairch 2018. Retrieved 27 Julie 2017.
  4. "BEKTĀŠĪYA". Archived frae the original on 17 Mey 2015. Retrieved 5 Mairch 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  5. KINGSLEY, PATRICK (22 Julie 2017). "Turkey's Alevis, a Muslim Minority, Fear a Policy of Denying Their Existence". New York Times. Retrieved 27 Julie 2017.