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Abdal Musa Memorial Events are traditional ceremonies held around the Abdal Musa Türbesi in Tekke village, approximately 17 km from the Elmalı district of Antalya. Since 1983, these events have been held annually during the third week of June, bringing together participants from within Türkiye and abroad who come to visit one of the most important centers of the Alevi-Bektaşi tradition. The ceremonies are regarded as part of spiritual tourism and constitute a significant cultural movement for th

Tahtacı Türkmenleri are a community ethnically identified as Turkmen and religiously affiliated with Anatolian Alevism and Kızılbaş traditions, deriving their name from their traditional occupations of timber cutting, sawmill work, and woodworking. The term "Tahtacı" originally functioned as a professional designation in Ottoman archival documents, referring to those skilled in processing forest products; over time, it became the identity marker of a specific Alevi community.Research into their