Tahtacı

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Tahtacı are a traditionally semi-nomadic Turkmen Alevi community in Anatolia, historically known for their work in forestry and woodcraft.

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Tahtacı canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alevi community ⓘ
Turkmen group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
associatedCraft construction timber work ⓘ
production of wooden household items ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalHeritage distinct Alevi ritual practices ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual poetry (nefes) ⓘ
culturalIdentity combination of Turkmen, Alevi, and forest-worker traditions ⓘ
culturalOrigin Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Turkmens
ethnicity Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Turkmens
historicalEconomicRole forest management ⓘ
supply of timber ⓘ
integrationTrend increasing sedentarization in the 20th century ⓘ
language Turkish ⓘ
languageFamily Oghuz Turkic ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic-cultural minority in Turkey ⓘ
religious minority in Turkey ⓘ
modernOccupationTrend shift from forestry to diverse urban jobs ⓘ
notableCharacteristic maintenance of endogamous community boundaries in many areas ⓘ
strong association with forests and wood-related labor ⓘ
persecutionExperience periodic discrimination as Alevis in Ottoman and Republican eras ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
religion Alevism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Shia Islam (broadly associated) ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam
religiousFigureVenerated Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Hacı Bektaş Veli ⓘ
Twelve Imams ⓘ
linked to: Shia Imams
religiousPractice cem ceremony ⓘ
religiousSpace cemevi ⓘ
religiousTradition Anatolian Alevism ⓘ
linked to: Alevism
selfDesignationLanguage Turkish ⓘ
socialOrganization ocak-based religious lineages ⓘ
tribal segments ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalMobility seasonal migration ⓘ
traditionalOccupation carpentry ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
lumbering ⓘ
woodcraft ⓘ
traditionalSettlementPattern mountainous forest areas ⓘ

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