This study is about Cemalettin Yavuz's published master's thesis, titled Duvazimamlar in the Alevi Bektashi Tradition- Alevi Bektaşi Geleneğinde Düvazimamlar. Duvazimams are important works of Alevi Bektashi literature and are read with a certain melody in the square. It is the first published under this title. Keywords: Duvazimam, Alevi Bektashi Literature, Cemalettin Yavuz.

This study aimed to understand and make sense of the relationship between death and euthanasia from a sociological perspective. This relationship was assessed through the analysis of thoughts and experiences of nurses about the concepts of death, euthanasia and the terminally ill. The phenomenological methodological approach, as one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this research. Snowball sampling was used to reach 20 nurses, in-depth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview form, and the data were analyzed. In the study, it was seen that the nurses' perception of euthanasia fell mostly within the category of "voluntary euthanasia", and their thoughts on the implementation of euthanasia were mostly positive. However, the participants were hesitant about the practice of euthanasia. In the study, it was seen that nurses defined death as an "end", terminally ill patients as "terminal-period patients and severe patients such as cancer", and death by euthanasia through the "distinction between natural and artificial death". The data gathered in this research regarding nurses' thoughts and experiences about death, euthanasia and the terminally ill were analyzed within the theoretical framework of Foucault and the discussion was built on concepts of biopolitics, medical gaze, and medicalization.

Düvâz-dehs is the name given to the poems, which are also called düvâz, düvâz-nâme and düvâzimâm and mentioned in relation to the subject of twelve Imams. It is considered as a genre belonging to Alevi and Bektashi literature. It is known that they are read during the semah, when slaughtering sacrifices, and in various rituals during the month of Muharram. The focus of the researchers on the düvâz-dehs, which was studied by Turkish folk literature researchers, is the breaths spoken about the Twelve Imams in the Alevi and Bektashi tradition. Although the researchers mentioned the existence of the düvâz-dehs sung in the forms of classical Turkish poetry, they stated that they are closer to folk poetry in terms of language, style and shape, and that folk literature was dominant in the measurements. In the studies carried out throughout Turkish literature, three poets who sang düvâz-dehs were identified in the classical poetry tradition. In the classical Turkish poetry, no examination and definition of the genre has been made on düvâz-dehs. They are examined under the names as “Twelve Imams praise” and “Twelve Imams elegy”, thus a comprehensive düvâz-dehs literature cannot be put forward in the classical Turkish poetry. As far as we can determine, they are sung by poets who comes from different sects and they have many different forms of writing from the first half of the 15th century to the last quarter of the 19th century. In this study, first, the researches on the düvâz-dehs are summarized and the current information about the düvâz-dehs is presented to the attention of the researchers. Then, the düvâz-dehs sung in the tradition of classical Turkish poetry are examined in terms of their scope, structure, relationship with public life and contribution to text critique by considering the century they were written, the form of the poems and the known affiliations of the poets.

Din sosyolojisi literatürüne din konusu bağlamında bütüncül bir yaklaşım sunma iddiasında olan eser, tarihsel perspektifte Doğu ve Batı olarak ayrılan iki kutbun, tarihteki karşılaşmalarının sonucunda din olayını bir kimlik inşası olarak nasıl anlamlandırdıklarını ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Bunun yanında toplumlar arası karşılaşmalar, tarih boyunca belirli çatışmaları da beraberinde getirmiştir. Bu bağlamda din olgusunun, bu çatışmalara karşılık bir toplumun varlığını devam ettirebilmesi için ihtiyaç duyduğu kolektif konsensüsün sağlayıcısı olduğu düşünülmüştür. Ancak dinin toplumsal ve kültürel kimliği koruyarak düzeni sağlayan bir mekanizma olmasının yanında eserde de ifade edildiği gibi toplumsal ve kültürel çatışmaların da sebebi olduğunu görmek mümkündür. Sezer’in bu eserinde, çoğunlukla Doğu toplumlarının hem kendi içindeki çatışmaları hem de Batı toplumları ile olan ilişkisi sonucunda din olgusunun kültürel olarak gelişimine yer verilmiştir. Eserde Batı’nın kimlik oluşumunda din olayının sadece Doğu toplumları ile girdiği çatışmada Doğu toplumlarını sömürmek olduğu penceresinden konuya yaklaşılmıştır. Bu nedenle eserde yapılan Batı tanımları, Batı’nın kendi içerisindeki tarihsel kırılmaları göz ardı etmesi dolayısıyla toplumlar arası çatışmalar ve din temasına indirgeyici bir perspektif sunmaktadır.