Dede (Turkish for "elder") is an honorary title in Turkish dominated Sufi Islam, used prominently in the Mevlevi tradition, where it is attributed to fully initiated dervishes, and in the Kızılbaş-Alevi tradition, with which this entry is concerned. The office of dede , or dedelik , is a core institution of the socio-religious groups in Anatolia and adjacent regions, which were historically linked with two popular opposition movements of charismatic and antinomian Ṣūfī character that launched rebellions against the Seljuk and Ottoman centres of power respectively, namely the Babai movement