Turkey's modernization experience has a long historical background. Traditional structures have undergone a significant change in this process. In this context, the differentiations occurring in the Sunnis as well as the differentiations between the Alevis have gained importance. This study other religious variations Turkey's modernization tackles on the basis of experience. This examination of the religious reputation indicators in the first part consists of three sections sheikhs and mullahs typology is examined in Sayyid axis and these roles are included in Turkey's modernization quest for new forms of gains. In the second chapter, the modernization process of Alevis is criticized with other differentiations in the community within the framework of grandparents. The advent of Alevis with the transition from traditional to modernity with the Republic has gained importance in terms of showing the points of resistance of the verbal cultural elements. In the third chapter, theologians are considered as a religious prototype. The traditional role accumulation that a typical theologian internalizes against the layers of the state and society is able to meet with the new characters that appear along with the transition from the ulama to the moon.