Ayfer Karakaya-Stump on Alevis in today's Turkey and in 15th century Anatolia

<p class="western">Ayfer Karakaya-Stump, associate professor of history at The College of William and Mary, on “The Kizilbash Alevis in Ottoman Anatolia: Sufism, Politics and Community” (Edinburgh University Press). The book traces the origins of today's Alevis as a unified religious group back to the 15th and 16th centuries.</p> <p><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854'>Become a Turkey Book Talk member</a> to support the podcast and get English and Turkish transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the archive, a 35% discount on over 100 Turkey/Ottoman history books published by IB Tauris, and an archive of over 200 reviews covering Turkish and international fiction, history, journalism and politics.</p>