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Introduction Celia Jenkins, Suavi Aydin and Umit Cetin 1. The emergence of Alevism as an ethno-religious identity Suavi Aydin 2. Constructing a social space for Alevi political identity: religion, antagonism and collective passion Omer Tekdemir 3. The AKP, sectarianism, and the Alevis’ struggle for equal rights in Turkey Ayfer Karakaya-Stump 4. Thoughts on the rhetoric that women and men are equal in Alevi belief and practice (Alevilik) – to Songül Nimet Okan 5. Television and the making of transnational Alevi identity Kumru Berfin Emre Cetin 6. From ‘a sort of Muslim’ to ‘proud to be Alevi’: the Alevi religion and identity project combatting the negative identity among second-generation Alevis in the UK Celia Jenkins and Umit Cetin