Abstract:

This study examines the Alawi and Sunnite faith of Turkish people from past to the present based on a scientific study done in the Tokat Region, Turkey. It indicates that while the same group/race of Turkish people have a different group belonging in terms of Ala-wi and Sunnite faith; it is a sociological fact that some transitions have occurred between these groups thorough the history. It will not be a mistake to say that these changes have occurred in the historical process. Thus, it should be avoided of claiming that the various groups of Turkish people have accepted Alawi or Sunnite faith just in a certain period and have not changed their faiths at all in the process of history.

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