According to Ali “In Alevism, knowledge was conveyed through folk songs sung by Dede, Zakir and Ashik. Hundreds of years old folk songs have come to this day thanks to them.”
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It will be a solo album and he will include several songs from the Alevi tradition, like “Ak Meleğim”. He learnt the song from Aşık Ali Metin Dede, from Sivas, who was born in 1924 and passed away on 4th of November of 2005. This is a recording from 2003. Thanks to Ayhan Aydin for sharing it in his extraordinary Youtube channel. The piece starts on 7:53:
