FROM DIE WELT WRITERS (2007-2020) ALEVISM AND ALEVIS IN GERMANY ‘DİE WELT’ YAZARLARININ KALEMİNDEN (2007-2020) ALMANYA’DA ALEVİLİK VE ALEVİLER

Used to express mass media that provides one-way communication such as television, newspaper, radio andmagazine, digital media, which takes the place of traditional media and gives the opportunity to communicateinteractively, has become one of the indispensables of humanity. In this context, the Internet news portal ofDie Welt, which has a high impact in Germany, started its broadcasting life in 1995. Die Welt, which managedto reach the level of multimedia news centre in a short time, continues its activities by growing day by day andreaching more readers. In our study, based on selected news on the portal, Alevis, Alevism, Islam, religiouspractices (headscarf, alcohol, prayer, fasting, etc.), integration policies and articles published on Turkey, it wasaimed to reach what information is given about Alevism and Alevis in Germany. While doing this, the articleswritten by A. Posener, F. Schindler, F. Peters, H. Hirsch, K. Eigendorf, Ö. Muzlu, T. Stoldt in Die Welt wereused. It has been seen that the authors generally agree on the following points: Alawites accept the prophetsand books in Judaism and Christianity as equal revelations, the idea of the principle of equal rights for allpeople, regardless of men and women, is an indispensable part of their beliefs, and life itself is the focal pointof the Alevi belief; it is not important to perform purely religious rites such as going to the mosque, prayingfive times a day, prohibiting pork and alcohol, fasting or making a pilgrimage to Mecca. Many points havebeen reached such that Alevis not only preach the culture of tolerance and nonviolence at all times, they liveit, therefore they are the natural ally of the West in Turkey, at least 500,000 Alevis live in Germany and theycan be in harmony with the German society without any difficulties within the framework of the integrationpolicy, Alawites have been mistreated at all times in Turkey, their existence has been ignored, and even theyhave been subjected to forced Islamization (Sunnization). In our research, the reality and validity of the issuesstated by the authors were examined in the light of scientific data and tried to be understood and explained.Keywords: Alevis, Alevism, Sunni Islam, Alevism in Germany, Alevis and Turkey.