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Turk Kulturu ve Haci Bektas Veli - Arastirma Dergisi, vol.0, no.101, pp.311-350, 2022 (Scopus, TRDizin)
© 2022 Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University. All rights reserved.The area around Rumkale is one of the areas inhabited by Çepni people, one of the communities that contributed to Anatolia being a Turkish settlement. Religious and non-religious music practices of the ancient people, known in the region as Yavuzeli or Rumkale Alevis, constitute one of the original links of the chain between Anatolian belief and music systems. In this study, which focuses on the music and belief practices of Rumkale Çepnis, the subject of how they perform their cem rituals in the region is discussed in the context of hearth (ocak) practices, bağlama instrument and zākir (performer) tradition. For the research study in which qualitative research methods were used, firstly, all of the Çepni settlements between Yavuzeli district and Rumkale were visited and the cem rituals practiced in Sarılar and Göçmez neighbourhoods, which were chosen as the purposeful sample, were examined. The flow order of the cem rituals, their manners and rules were compared in terms of traditional continuation practices of the hearths, and the similarities and differences between them were revealed. Based on the research data, this study concludes that Rumkale Çepni people were the first Turkmen communities settled in Anatolia. They shaped their worship according to the time of Dede Garkın and Mūsā Kāzım heart, and they have functions of equal importance, together with the symbolic meanings of zākir and gözcü (the watcher), which are integrated with the institution of dede (the spiritual guide) and the bağlama instrument, in the practice and transfer of cem rituals to future generations.