PT Journal
AU Kıranoğlu, G
TI Religious Belongings: The question of religious affiliation in the Hemshin settlements in the 19th century
SO Geisteswissenschaften: Uneindeutigkeit und kultureller Wandel
SE UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre
PY 2022
BP 60
EP 69
IS 58
DI 10.17185/duepublico/76299
LA en
AB Throughout the changing political context of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire, the relationship of the Hemshinli people to Islam was not monolithic. More importantly, particular settlements in the Hemshin region demonstrated differing forms of adherence to Islam. This paper addresses the question of religious affiliation in the Hemshinli settlements in the 19th century. For this purpose, the differences among these settlements in the Hemshin region – Elevit, Karadere, Khodorchur, and Hopa – are explored in terms of their religious affiliation. The cases drawn from missionary reports, travel writings and official documents show that it is not possible to generalize about the religious belongings of the people in the Hemshin area in the 19th century.
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