Abdal of Turkey

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The Abdals in Turkey are Nomad, and the majority live in Anatolia. They came once together with Turkmen people from Central Asia to Anatolia in Sultanate of Rum. The Abdals have an own sectret language, it's a mix of Turkish-Arabic-Persian-Kurdish and some Romani loanwords, they believe in Alevism and there jobs are circumcising boys, to make basket, tinsmith, metalworking and musicians.[1] [2]

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  1. "(PDF) Abdals in Cultural Geography of Anatolia | Nilüfer Köşker - Academia.edu". Archived from the original on 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1557757