Multiculturalism and Anatolian Alevism in The United Kingdom

Year 2019, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 261 - 278, 10.09.2019

Yılmaz Ceylan

Abstract

This study
offers empirical conclusions of exists of Britain’s Alevis. Also it presents to
discover the motives of Alevis immigration from Turkey to the UK. Our main
purpose is to discover what the situation of Alevism in the UK is exclusively
multicultural policy. Traditionally Alevism is known as a mixture of Turkish
culture and Islamic practice tradition which means it is a heritage of the
Turkish culture and Islamic tradition. Then why do Alevis want to escape from
their country and their culture to another country? We do they try to
comprehend and clarify this situation within the context of multiculturalism.
This research was conducted between August 2017 and August 2018 in the UK.
Semi-structured technique was used in this study. The findings indicated the UK
has immigrant policy by ‘multicultural sensibility’. Besides, Alevis can find
their faith and cultural acceptance within a multicultural concept in the UK.

Keywords

Keywords: Multiculturalism, Alevism, Anatolian Alevism

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