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- Title
BOSNA-HERSEK’TE OCAKLAR: ŽİVČİĆ-VUKELJIĆİ ve MESUDİJE TEKKELERİ.
- Authors
İYİYOL, Fatih
- Abstract
A wide meaning and a great deal of content are formed around the concept of ocak in Turkish culture. The expression of ocak is seen in the first texts of Turkish literature and has since been used. Ocak, which is directly related to the fire, is also associated with the cult of ancestors. Plenty of customs and practices about ocak are seen in Turkish mythology and belief system(s). Ocak as a concept, has become a regulatory (body/ authority) organizing the descent system of Alevi dedes (Saints) in Turkish mystic tradition. In addition, there are ocaklik(s) who are believed to heal the diseases in connection with mystic tradition. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Živčić-Vukeljići and Mesudije Dervish Lodges, which is a continuation of the former two lodges, the ocak/ocakzedelik structure, similar to the Alevi Saints’ descent system, is seen. The Hadžimejlić Family who descended from Mejlî Baba is considered as the ocak/Ocakzâde in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Živčić and Mesudije Dervish Lodges are ocaks in terms of folk medicine. Sheikh Ćazim Hadžimejlić is continuing the ocak tradition nowadays. Besides being a dervish lodge, Mesudije Lodge is a place where patients are taken care of in a part of the building. Being an ocak, the Sheikh of the lodge, Ćazim Efendi performs broad variety of practices and techniques to heal material/spiritual diseases. As a concept, ocak is discussed in two contexts related to each other with regard to Bosnia-Herzegovina region: First Ocakzâdelik; and the second, ocaklık in the meaning of folk healer. During this study Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives were utilized, and field research was done as well. The material obtained in this study has been evaluated by using functional method.
- Subjects
BOSNIA &; Herzegovina; BEKTASHI; DERVISHES; TURKISH mythology; ALEVIS
- Publication
Turkish Culture & Haci Bektas Veli Research Quarterly, 2012, Issue 63, p191
- ISSN
1306-8253
- Publication type
Article