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Kurdish Jama’at Menzil and Turkish Nationalism: Paradoxes of Turkey’s Domestic Policy in the Field of Culture and Religion
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In this paper, the author attempts to outline a number of issues concerning political aspects of the Menzil community’s activities in Turkey. He also examines the actual problems of interconnections between authorities and Turkish jama’ats in Turkey’s current agenda. He traces back the spiritual genealogy and history of origin of the jama’at, as well as studies its growth at the times of Sheikh M. Erol and its current condition.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24848/islmlg.08.2.04