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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

alevita

English translation:

Alevi community

Added to glossary by Colin Ryan (X)
Dec 3, 2006 12:55
17 yrs ago
Italian term

alevita

Italian to English Other Government / Politics ethnic groups
Per paura di perdere la propria identità nazionale, che si confondeva peraltro con l'islam, la Turchia ha negato anche l'esistenza della sua comunità ___alevita___.

I have looked up the usual internet resources but can find no translation for alevita. There are Turkish minorities called Laz and Levantine but I don't think this is it. Any assistance VERY GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED!!!!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 Alevi community
3 +1 Alevit
4 Alevite
4 alevit

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Alevi community

Hi Ryan. I happen to do numerous translations on ehtnic/religious minorities and I'm pretty sure this is the name of this community.
Alevis are followers of Ali, a son-in-law of Mohammed, and they are named after him. This religion is especially widespread in the South-Eastern part of Turkey and it is practised by different ethnic groups.
HTH
irene

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-12-03 17:34:54 GMT)
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The history of that part of the world and its complex ethnic and religious composition are well worth some further research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alevi

www.minorityrights.org/admin/download/pdf/MRG-TurkeySub.pdf

ciao
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : http://www.londoncivicforum.org.uk/news.asp?sid=8&id=209
6 hrs
Thanks, Rachel. I particularly appreciate your agreeing.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Irenef (and to all who helped). That was a great help!"
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5 mins

Alevit

... campaigns of murder against Kurdish , Alevit and Armenian minorities . ... the order did not apply to " all the evangelical community , God forbid . " ...
www.freewillblog.com/.../P80/ - 233k - Supplemental Result

These names are also oftenly used in Turkey , but some of them are out of use now . ... Alevit Turkomans were the founders of Safavids . ...
www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3551&PN=6 -
in haste -!

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-12-03 13:03:07 GMT)
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I mean, here you are, I haven't time to do more at the mo.(!)
Peer comment(s):
agree Silvia Brandon-Pérez
5 hrs
grazie, silviantonia:)
neutral irenef : I don't like disagreeing with colleagues, Rachel, but this term is just not used... TBHWY: Yes, it is "to be honest with you". I don't like this type of acronyms much, but they do come in useful at times
7 hrs
It's OK irenef - I answered without much time for searching, just to indicate there was something along these lines as a minority thing\\What's TBHWY - to be honest with you-?
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8 mins

Alevite

see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malatya_Province

you might also want to follow the link to Alevite
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10 mins

alevit

è una dottrina. Vai su google, c'è tantissimo materiale
Peer comment(s):
neutral irenef : Esatto, eride, ma mentre "Alevite" esiste come parola - anche se poco usata - "Alevit" non si incontra nei testi, neanche su Google - a parte qualche sito non madrelingua. Non è una critica, solo una precisazione.
7 hrs
giusto, lo trovi negli articoli che però devi leggere.
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