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Meskhetian Turks, also
referred to as
Turkish Meskhetians,
Ahiska Turks, and
Turkish Ahiskans, (Turkish: Ahıska Türkleri; Georgian: მესხეთის თურქები Meskhetis...
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speak the
Meskhetian dialect of the
Georgian language,
which among Georgia's
regional dialects is
relatively close to
official Georgian.
Meskhetians are the...
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deportation of the
Meskhetian Turks (Russian: Депортация турок-месхетинцев) was the
forced transfer by the
Soviet government of the
entire Meskhetian Turk po****tion...
- and Tori.
Meskhetians or
Meskhs (Meskhi) are a
subgroup of Georgians, the
indigenous po****tion of Meskheti.
Meskhetians speak the
Meskhetian dialect and...
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after riots broke out
between the
Meskhetian Turks exiled in
Uzbekistan and the
native Uzbeks.
Hundreds of
Meskhetian Turks were
killed or injured, nearly...
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historically located in the Balkans;
Turkish Cypriots on the
island of Cyprus,
Meskhetian Turks originally based in Meskheti, Georgia; and
ethnic Turkish people...
- of Ottoman-Turkish
captives during the Russo-Turkish wars; the
Turkish Meskhetian community; and the more
recent Turkish immigrants from the
Republic of...
- live in Kazakhstan,
mostly from
Meskheti after the
Deportation of the
Meskhetian Turks. The
First All-Union
Census of the
Soviet Union in 1926 recorded...
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descendants who have
lived in
Azerbaijan for centuries, as well as the
Turkish Meskhetian community which arrived in
large numbers during Soviet rule. More recently...
- were
therefore likely to be
hostile to
Soviet intentions. In 1944, the
Meskhetian Turks were
deported after being accused of smuggling,
banditry and espionage...
