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Tunceli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Cilt 2, Sayı 4, Bahar 2014 Tunceli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Cilt 2, Sayı 4, Bahar 2014 TUNCELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERGİSİ SAYI BAHAR, 2014 ii SAHİBİ: Tunceli Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Durmuş Boztuğ SAYI EDİTÖRÜ: Doç. Dr. Arzu KARACA ÇAKINBERK SORUMLU YAZI İŞLERİ MÜDÜRÜ: Doç. Dr. Murat Cem DEMİR YAYIN KURULU Prof. Dr.Ali AKSU Prof. Dr.Adem ASALIOĞLU Doç. Dr. Arzu KARACA ÇAKINBERK Doç. Dr. Murat Cem DEMİR Doç. Dr. Candan BADEM Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sabit MENTEŞE Yrd. Doç. Dr. Servet GÜN Yrd. Doç. Dr. Yavuz ÇOBANOĞLU DANIŞMA KURULU Abdüsselam UYGUR (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Adem ASALIOĞLU (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Ahmet Kerim GÜLTEKİN (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Ahmet UZUN (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) Ahmet Yaşar OCAK (Hacettepe Üniversitesi) Ali ERKUL (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) Ali Kemal ÖZCAN (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Ali TAŞKIN (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) Arzu KARACA ÇAKINBERK (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Candan BADEM (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Cemal GÜZEL (Hacettepe Üniversitesi) Erdal YILDIRIM (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Faruk KOCACIK (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) H. İbrahim DELİCE (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Halis ÇETİN (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) Hasan YÜKSEL (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) Hıdır ÖZDEMİR (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Hiroki WAKAMATSU (Hitit Üniversitesi) İbrahim TOSUN (Tunceli Üniversitesi) İsmet EMRE (Bartın Üniversitesi) Mehmet ARSLAN (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) Mehmet Sadık ÖNCÜL (Batman Üniversitesi) Murat Cem DEMİR (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Sabit MENTEŞE (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Servet GÜN (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Sezgin KIZILÇELİK (İnönü Üniversitesi) Şeref POYRAZ (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi) Yavuz ÇOBANOĞLU (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Zeynel ÖDEMİŞ (Tunceli Üniversitesi) iii HAKEM KURULU Adem Asalıoğlu (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Ahmet Bozdoğan (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Ahmet Haluk Atalay (Anadolu Üniversitesi), Ahmet Kerim Gültekin (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Ahmet Ölmez (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Ahmet Üstün (Amasya Üniversitesi), Akşin Somel (Sabancı Üniversitesi), Alev Erkilet (Kırklareli Üniversitesi), Ali Aksu (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Ali Kemal Özcan (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Arzu Çakınberk (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Assiye Aka (ÇOMU), Aylin Gürgün Baran, Ayşe Gündüz Hoşgör (ODTÜ), Bilal Yücel (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Burhan Paçacıoğlu (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Bülent Bilmez (Bilgi Üniversitesi), Candan Badem (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Caner Işık (Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi), Celil Arslan (Erciyes Üniversitesi), Cengiz Ekiz (Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi), Çağdaş Demren (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Deniz Yıldırım (Ordu Üniversitesi), Elife Kart (Akdeniz Üniversitesi), Ercan Çağlayan (Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi), Erdal Yıldırım (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Erkan Yar (Fırat Üniversitesi), Ertuğrul Uzun (Anadolu Üniversitesi), Eylem Güzel (Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi), Gökhan Yavuz Demir (Uludağ Üniversitesi), Güçlü Ateşoğlu (Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi), H. İbrahim Delice (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Hakan Kaynar (Hacettepe Üniversitesi), Hıdır Özdemir (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Hilmi Demir (Bilkent Üniversitesi), Hiroki Wakamatsu (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Hüseyin Akkaya (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Hüseyin Yılmaz (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), İbrahim Tosun (Tunceli Üniversitesi), İbrahim Yılmazçelik (Fırat Üniversitesi), İsmet Emre (Bartın Üniversitesi), Kasım Akbaş (Anadolu Üniversitesi), Kezban Acar (Celal Bayar Üniversitesi), Levent Ünsaldı (Ankara Üniversitesi), M. Nuri Gültekin (Gaziantep Üniversitesi), M. Sadık Öncül (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Mahmut H. Akın (Selçuk Üniversitesi), Mehmet Arslan (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Mehmet Özden (Hacettepe Üniversitesi), Mehmet Sağlam (Bozok Üniversitesi), Mehmet Şiray (Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi), Mehtap Erdoğan (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Meltem Kayıran (Ankara Üniversitesi), Mesut Yeğen (İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi), Metin Becermen (Uludağ Üniversitesi), Muharrem Güneş ( Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi), Muhsin Soyudoğan (Gaziantep Üniversitesi), Muhtar Kutlu (Ankara Üniversitesi), Murat Cem Demir (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Mustafa Şen (ODTÜ), Mustafa Yıldıran (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Nadir Özbek (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), Neşe Özgen, Nurcan Abacı (Uludağ Üniversitesi), Ömer Demirel (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Ömer Naci Soykan (Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi), Özkan Yıldız (Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi), Recai Karahan (Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi), Recep Toparlı (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Ruhi Köse (Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi), Rüstem Erkan (Dicle Üniversitesi), Rüya Kılıç (Hacettepe Üniversitesi), Sabit Menteşe (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Savaş Sertel (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Sebiha Kablay (Ordu Üniversitesi), Selami Kılıç (Atatürk Üniversitesi), Selçuk Dursun (ODTÜ), Servet Gün (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Sinan Özbek (Kocaeli Üniversitesi), Suavi Aydın (Hacettepe Üniversitesi), Süheyla Yüksel (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Şennur Özdemir (Ankara Üniversitesi), Şeref Poyraz (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Şevket Öktem (Harran Üniversitesi), Taylan Koç (Çukurova Üniversitesi), Uysal Dıvrak (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Y. Hakan Erdem (Sabancı Üniversitesi), Yavuz Çobanoğlu (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Yener Şişman (Anadolu Üniversitesi), Yunus Ayata (Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi), Yunus Koç (Hacettepe Üniversitesi), Yusuf Karacık (İnönü Üniversitesi), Zafer Toprak (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), iv Zeynel Ödemiş (Tunceli Üniversitesi), Zeynep Dörtok Abacı (Uludağ Üniversitesi), Zülfiye Koçak (Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi), Zülfü Selcan (Tunceli Üniversitesi) Taranan İndeksler : Akademia Sosyal Bilimler Indeksi (ASOS Index) Kapak & Logo Tasarım: Muhsin Soyudoğan Dizgi: Yusuf Evren Yıldırım Baskı: Tunceli Üniversitesi Basım Yeri: Tunceli Basım Tarihi: 2014 Tunceli Üniversitesi Aktuluk Mahallesi Üniversite Yerleşkesi 62000 TUNCELİ Tel. : +90 428 213 32 76 Faks : +90 428 213 18 61 E-posta : [email protected] Tunceli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt 2, Sayı 4 (2014) ISSN: 2147-1614 v Bu Sayının Editöründen….. Merhaba; Tunceli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisinin 2014 yılı bahar sayısını sizlerle paylaşmaktan büyük mutluluk duyuyoruz. Bilimsel araştırmaların bilim topluluğuna dolayısıyla topluma yansıması için paylaşılması, yayınlanması gerekmektedir. Yayımlanmayan çalışmalar çok önemli bir buluş değerinde bile olsa, insanlarla paylaşılmadıktan sonra katkısı sunmayacaktır. Bilimsel dergiler de işte tam bu noktada bilim insanlarına yardımcı olmaktadır. Dergimiz, sosyal bilimler alanında yapılan araştırmaları yayımlama ve bilim insanlarının hizmetine sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Dergide İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler, Eğitim Bilimleri, İlahiyat, Resim, Müzik, Beden Eğitimi, Tarih, Sanat Tarihi, Coğrafya, Dilbilim, Edebiyat, Sosyoloji, Güzel Sanatlar, İletişim gibi sosyal bilimler alanındaki bilimsel nitelikte özgün çalışmalar yayımlanmaktadır. Dergimizin sayfaları yurt içinden ve yurtdışından bilim insanlarına açıktır. Değerli bilim insanları tarafından dergimize yayınlanmak üzere gönderilen bütün çalışmalar, yayın kurulumuz tarafından incelemeden geçerek hakem değerlendirme süreci başlamaktadır. Dergimize gönderilen çalışmaların daha hızlı biçimde değerlendirilmesi için değerli yazarların dergimizin web sayfasında belirtilen yazım kurallarına hassasiyetle uymalarını rica ediyoruz. Dergimizde yayımlanan yazıların tüm işlemleri e-posta sistemiyle gerçekleştirilmektedir. Bu çabaların sonucunda dergimizin 4.sayısında, yazına önemli katkı sunacağını düşündüğümüz eğitim bilimleri, sosyoloji ve güzel sanatlar alanında 4 makale yer almaktadır. Bu sayıda, ilginizi çekeceğini düşündüğümüz 2’de kitap incelemesi bulunmaktadır. Birçok farklı üniversiteden önemli çalışmalar yaparak dergimize katkı sağlayan değerli yazarlara teşekkür ederiz. Makaleleri özveri ve gönüllülük esası ile değerlendirerek önerileri ile yazarlara ışık tutan, yol gösteren hakemlerimize şükranlarımızı ve teşekkürlerimizi sunarız. 2014 yılının güz döneminde yayınlanacak bir sonraki sayımızda görüşmek üzere iyi okumalar dileriz. Saygılarımızla… Yayın Kurulu Adına 4. Sayı Editörü Doç. Dr. Arzu KARACA ÇAKINBERK vi İçindekiler Makaleler & Seceresinin Erkan YAR الشيخ دلو بلنجان Şeyh Dilo Belincân‘In 07 Kısa Bir Analizi Erdoğan YALGIN Ceyhun SOLMAZ & Hasan Buyruklara Göre Talip, Pir ve Mürşit Ilişkileri 33 ÇELİK Merkezi Ortak Sinav Uygulamasinin Etkilerine İsmail KAHRAMAN 53 Ilişkin Öğretmen Görüşleri Su Üzeri Yaşam Alanlarinin Dünyada Bulunan Pelin YILDIZ 75 Uygulama ve Arayişlarina Ilişkin Örneklerin Analizi Türkiye’de Ekolojik Hareketler: Yerelden Evrensele Yavuz ÇOBANOĞLU 105 (Bergama, Muğla ve Tunceli Örnekleri) Kitap İncelemeleri Darwin’den Dersim’e Cumhuriyet ve Antropoloji Ahmet Kerim GÜLTEKİN 129 Türkiye’nin Kürtleri Servet GÜN 137 Tunceli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Cilt 2, Sayı 4, Bahar 2014 ŞECERESİNİN KISA الشيخ دلو بلنجان ŞEYH DİLO BELİNCÂN‘IN BİR ANALİZİ Erkan YAR* Erdoğan YALGIN** Özet Şeyh Dilo Belincân, tahminen X. yüzyılın sonunda ve XI. yüzyılın ilk yarısında yaşamış, Tâcü'l Arifîn Es-Seyyid Ebu'l Vefâ‘nın ögrencilerindendir. Onun adına düzenlenmiş elimizdeki bu belge, Şeyhi, İmaduddin Süleymâni tarafından ve seçkin şahitler huzurunda hazırlanmıştır. Verilen belgeyle Şeyh Dilo Belincân‘dan, toplamda 43 Kürt cemaatini irşad etmesi istenmektedir. Şeyh’in gelip, Dersim‘in (Tunceli) merkez Pilvank/Pilvenk (Dedeağaç) köyünde mekan kurmasıyla birlikte, cemaatler arasında faaliyet çalışmalarına başladığı anlaşılmaktadır. Lakin sözü edilen bu faaliyet çalışmalarını; Pilvank köyündeki, Kurmanç Pilvankan aşireti içinde onun adına, “Şıx Delil-i Berxécân Ocağı“ tesis edilmiş olmasında anlamaktayız. Şeyh’e ait olan belge, şu an ocak mensuplarında olup, asırlardan beri itinayla saklanmışdır. Belge, bizden önce ilk defa 1997 yılında, bazı hocalar tarafından
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