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>t.alevi
Depends who you ask, alevi was also used an umbrella term by the ottomans.
In general turkish speaking alevis sometimes see themselves more as a different branch of muslims, Haji Bektash is also more important with them while kurmanji/zaza alevis glorify Pir Sultan Abdal (the guy in OPs picture) for his criticism and death against the Ottoman empire who persecuted alevis.
Turkish alevis are more influenced by old tutkic and Sufi religious traces while kurmanji/zaza have more zoroastrian and mithraic elements. Both groups adopted some Sufi and Shia some Sufi and Shia customs like the glorifying of Ali, but that's about it we don't go to the mosque and instead have cem which also is something completely else, we don't fast during Ramadan, we don't have to go to Mekka, we don't believe in the Koran etc.

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