Abstract :
The current study investigated married couples’ experience after the decision was taken to marry and the effects of the couples’ sectarian differences upon their marital and family life, couples who came from different sects (Sunni-Alevi) of the same religion. To this end, in-depth interviews were conducted with 60 people who are Alevi and married to a Sunni, or who are Sunni married to a Alevi, who live either in Istanbul or Berlin (a city of Germany). The reason why some of the interviews were conducted in Berlin was to determine if people change their commitment to their religion and their sect and, if they change their views about the people from another sect and another religion, as a consequence of the course of migration. As a result of these interviews, it was shown that there was little difference concerning interdenominational marriage amongst couples living in Berlin and those living in Istanbul. In this research, some issues were determined, such as: the marriage ceremony, the reactions of the couple’s families and relatives to the decision to marry, whether the couple were in accord with each other in respect to religious rituals and, how the children were to brought up in relation to which belief of the married couples’ two sects.
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Religion , Sect , Family , Marriage
