Akhaimenid Pers İmparatorluğu Sonrası Orta Anadolu’daki Mazdaizm ve Mazdaist Topluluklar Üzerine Düşünceler

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 519 - 538, 20.09.2022

Okan Sezer

https://doi.org/10.33469/oannes.1144448

Abstract

Akhaimenid Pers İmparatorluğu’nun yıkılışından sonra Orta Anadolu’daki Mazdaizm’e bağlı toplulukların kendilerini nasıl var ettikleri, örgütlenme şekilleri ve inançlarındaki olası değişimin seyri hakkında sahip olduğumuz bilgiler maalesef kısıtlıdır. Arkeolojik kanıtlar ile tarihi kayıtlardan elde edilen bilgiler sorunlara dair doğrudan yanıtlar vermemekte, bunun yerine birtakım önerilerin geliştirilmesine olanak tanımaktadırlar. Merkezinde ateş tapınımı bulunan olası bağımsız yerel inanç ve dinlerin Mazdaizm’le olan ilişkisi, yanıt arayışında ciddi ve dikkat edilmesi gerekilen bir başka noktadır. Konuyla ilgili bilgi toplamının büyük çoğunluğu tarihi kayıtlardan elde edilmiştir. Farklı zaman dilimlerine dağılmış haldeki tarihi kayıtlar —ve az sayıdaki arkeolojik kanıt— en geniş haliyle Orta Anadolu’daki Mazdaizm’e bağlı toplulukların Geç Eski Çağ’a kadar var olduklarını işaret etmektedir. Çalışmada Akhaimenid Pers İmparatorluğu sonrası yaşanan birtakım tarihi etkinlikler yerel kimlik ve inanç temelinde ele alınmış, Mazdaizm’e bağlı toplulukların tarihleri ve Orta Anadolu’ya özgü bir Mazdaizm mezhebinin olasılığı üzerine bazı öneriler geliştirilmiştir.

Keywords

Mazdaizm, Orta Anadolu, Kappadokia, Eski Çağ, Sasaniler, Dinler Tarihi

Thoughts on Mazdaism and Mazdaist Societies in Central Anatolia after the Fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Abstract

Our knowledge regarding how Mazdaist communities in Central Anatolia managed to survive, what kind of social organization they used to have and possible alterations over their beliefs after the fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire is sadly limited. Archaeological evidence and information gleaned from historical records do not provide direct answers to the problems, but instead allow the development of some suggestions. The relationship between the possible independent local beliefs and religions that have had worship of fire at their center, and Mazdaism is another point that deserves serious attention in the search for answers. Most of the information on the subject has been taken from historical records. Historical records —and a small number of archaeological evidence— scattered across different time periods indicate, at its greatest extent, the existence of Mazdaist communities in Central Anatolia as far back as Late Antiquity. This paper aims to evaluate some historical events that occurred after the fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in terms of local identity and belief and to make some suggestions about the history of Mazdaist communities and the possibility of a sect of Mazdaism peculiar to Central Anatolia.

Keywords

Mazdaism, Central Anatolia, Kappadokia, Antiquity, the Sassanids, History of Religions

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