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İzmir Kemalpaşa Çınar Village - Tahtacı Fatma, one of the Turkmen Alevis of Tahtacı, has her head tied and coat cut. One of the important traditions that has been going on since the old times is the 'Head Tie' ritual performed for newlyweds right after a wedding. Culture Caravan Program broadcast recording. @anadolurenkleri Their ancestors are Ağaçeris affiliated with the Oghuz tribes. When Timur took Turkestan and Khorasan under his rule, some of the Ağaçeris who had to leave their homeland settled in Iran, while the majority settled in Anatolia. According to some other sources, the Tahtacıs have a lineage that dates back to the Huns. After the collapse of the Great Hun Empire, a branch of the Huns who migrated to the West came to Anatolia via Erzurum in 395. Another major wave of migration took place in 466, and Ağaçeri Turkish tribes affiliated with the European Huns came to Anatolia and settled there. After the Mongol invasion of Anatolia, the Ağaçeri who came here migrated to Syria and Iraq. It is accepted that some of them returned to Anatolia in 1405 after the death of Timur and were known as 'Tahtacılar' from that period on. It is known that Fatih Sultan Mehmed brought Tahtacılar from the villages in the Kaz Mountains of Balıkesir to build the ships used during the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. Tahtacılar have been evaluated by some researchers as having the same social structure as Yörüks. Tahtacılar, who started to settle down over time, are mostly seen in cities such as Adana, Mersin, Antalya, Denizli, Isparta, Burdur, Muğla, Aydın, İzmir, Manisa, Balıkesir, Çanakkale today. With the evidence of Shamanism in their beliefs and lifestyles, this culture they have preserved has been blended with the beliefs and customs of Alevism. They use a daily spoken language that contains many words from Pure Turkish and has been preserved to this day. The dialect they use has also been nourished by the dialect characteristics of the regions they live in and interacted with them. Tahtacı have always lived in harmony with nature throughout history. They have a great cultural richness with their clothing, handicrafts and food culture. They carry traces of the Central Asian Turkish culture in terms of customs, traditions and traditions. Men and women work together in woodworking, which they continue as a craft. Some people were divided into occupational groups such as Agriculture, Tradesmen, Civil Servants, Freelancers etc. due to the decreasing public pressure after the declaration of the Republic. One of their important traditions that has been going on since the old times is the 'Head Tying' ritual performed for newlyweds right after a wedding. #alevis #bektashis #tahtacıs