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Many scientific publications set forth that Alevi-Bektashi charismatic religious leaders and their dervish communities had had an important part in the process of Turkification and Islamization of Balkans. Religious leaders, described as “Colonizer Turkish Dervishes” by Omer Lutfi Barkan, played roles both in winning a war with their swords and in winning hearts with their thought system. Alevi ocaks, founded on behalf of these leaders, took an important role in the process of resettlement and Islamization of the conquered region. We learn of the activities done by religious leaders who represented the Alevi belief system and were referred to as Dede, Baba, Abdal, Ata and Sultan, from “velayetname” and “menakıpname” written in their names, archival documents, documents from personal archives such as family trees, diplomas (“icazet”), edicts (“ferman”), certificates (“berat”), and from oral knowledge of dede and aspirant communities, which are believed to descend from charismatic religious leaders. It is known that there are studies on some religious leaders mentioned above, about whom official archives keep information and documents. These studies, although not being satisfactory, have provided directions for new studies and publications. Publications on documents kept in personal archives of “dede” and aspirant communities has started to be published for the last twenty years. This paper focuses on field studies, archive and literature-based analysis of seven documents recorded in personal archives. The centre of Ali Koc Baba “ocak” (hearth), believed to be founded on behalf of Ali Koc Baba entombed in Nigbolu/Nikopol, is in Yablanovo village in Sliven region, Bulgaria. While all the “dedes”, who were stated to be descended from the Ali Koc Baba “ocak”s lineage, were inhabitants of Yablanovo village throughout history, a number of them have immigrated to Eskisehir and particularly to Thrace region in Turkey in the 20th century due to political and social developments. Today, aspirant communities connected with the “ocak” of Ali Koc Baba are also settled in Yablanovo, in Bulgaria, and in Tekirdag, Kirklareli, Edirne, Yalova, Izmir, Eskisehir, Kutahya, in Turkey. The “ocak” of Ali Koc Baba is an Alevi “ocak” that was discussed in studies by scientific circles. This paper will evaluate seven documents, which we determined and recorded in our field-work on Ali Koc Baba “ocaks” in Turkey and Bulgaria, in the context of collected oral data, archive records and available literature. The documents have reached us through “dedes” of the Ali Koc Baba “ocak”. Mehmet Ali Koc gave us four and “dede” Hasan Ozyigit gave us three documents.

Topuz Baba’dan Ali Koç Baba’ya Alvanlar Köyündeki Alevilik Üzerine Yeni Belge ve Bilgiler