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Makale
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Durmuş Arık, Prof. Dr.
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Çuvaşlarda İslam ve Çuvaş Etniğindeki Değişimde İslamın Rolü
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Dinî Araştırmalar
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Dinî Araştırmalar
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Dinler Tarihi
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Geleneksel Türk Dini
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2003
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c. 6, sy. 16
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ss. 161-182
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Christian Turks, Idi/ (Volga)-Bulgar, Chuvash, Tatar, Islam
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Chuvashes are the descendants of Idil-Bulgarians who had accepted Islam firstly as
a state religion in Turkish history. Same of them have kept the traditional Turkish be/ieves alive up to the present day. Taday they have been regarded asa Christian Turkish community. Therefore Chuvashes have an exceptional place from the point of view of the history of religions and the history of Turkish culture in Turkish world. From the time Chuvashes began to accept Islam to the present, genera/Iy those who had been /iv ing in the rural area accepted Islam superficially. Thus Islam was not effective in their mora/life. But afterwards among Chuvashes who accepted Islam were imams, muazzins, teachers ina madrasa and the other religious affairs. However many of the m who accepted Islam, had been Tatarized through fusion with Tatars who were strong representatives of Islam in the Volga-Ural region. This caused Chuvashes to define themselves as Tatars. In the same time the Muslim Chuvashes have been registrated as Tatars in written sources. Chuvashes who had been continuing traditional religious believes were alsa influenced from the Islamic culture. This influence has been seen on the ir ri tes, religious practices and terminologies. In this article, the relation of Chuvashes w ith Islam and the alteration ethnicity of them by way of Tatarization have been studied throughout the history |