Aim & Scope

The aim of SUREK Journal of Alevism-Bektashism and Cultural Studies is to contribute to the scientific knowledge with interdisciplinary studies at high academic standards in the field of contemporary cultural sciences, especially Alevism-Bektashism, to revise the existing knowledge, to support the power of free scientific thought with a global perspective, to deepen the problematics, to assist the development of social organizations, professional organizations and researchers at national and international levels, to follow the developments in the field of Alevism-Bektashism and cultural research, and to make visible and disseminate studies by creating academic resources in these fields.

The journal publishes interdisciplinary, original scientific studies within the framework of cultural research on all fields of social sciences, especially Alevism-Bektasism research. Studies such as research, case presentation, compilation, thesis publication, translation, transfer and book review in the field of cultural sciences related to Alevism-Bektashism; It also publishes reviews of scientific publications in this field. The journal expects original and critical contributions at the intersection of Alevism-Bektashism cultural sciences, including international and local academic discussions in scope. Within the scope of cultural sciences, traditional arts, folk life, literature, cultural history, material culture studies, performance studies, narratives, urban-village culture, online communities, traditions cover the topics the journal is interested in. Especially within the framework of Alevism-Bektasism, beliefs, lifestyles, hearths, rituals, sacred places, cults, etc. The topics constitute the focus of the journal.

Period Months
June December