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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...
- and Tori.
Meskhetians or
Meskhs (Meskhi) are a
subgroup of Georgians, the
indigenous po****tion of Meskheti.
Meskhetians speak the
Meskhetian dialect and...
- Indo-European?, origin, ****imilated by old
Kartvelian peoples and
named Meskhetians, the
inhabitants of
Meskheti in far
southwestern Georgia - Sakartvelo)...
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Turkish Meskhetian community increased significantly. However, once the
Ottomans lost
control of the
region in 1883, many
Turkish Meskhetians migrated...
- ISBN 9781850650096. LCCN 86016011. Jones,
Stephen F. (1993). "
Meskhetians:
Muslim Georgians or
Meskhetian Turks? A
Community without a Homeland". Refuge. 13 (2):...
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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...
- ISBN 0-7099-0619-6. Blacklock,
Denika (2005),
Finding Durable Solutions for the
Meskhetians (PDF),
European Centre for
Minority Issues,
archived from the original...
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minorities such as Ukrainians, Koreans,
Volga Germans (0.9 percent), Chechens,
Meskhetian Turks, and
Russian political opponents of the regime, had been deported...
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decreased from 35,000 in 1974 to
about 12,000 in 2004. The
majority of
Meskhetian Turks left the
country after the
pogroms in the
Fergana valley in June...
