 Seven to Eleven Million Alevi people including the other denominations of Twelver Shi'ites live in Anatolia.In Turkey, Shia Muslim people belong to the Ja'fari jurisprudence Madhhab, which tracks back to the sixth Shia Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq "(also known as Imam Jafar-i Sadiq)," are called as the Ja'faris, who belong to Twelver Shia.Although the Alevi Turks are being considered as a part of Twelver Shia Islam, their belief is different from the Ja'fari jurisprudence in conviction.