TY  - JOUR
TT  - A General Look Into The Geographical Areas Where Ahiska Turks Have Been Living Since The Soviet Period Together With The Emigrations
AU  - Seferov, Rehman
AU  - Akış, Ayhan
PY  - 2008
DA  - December
JF  - Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - SUTAD
PB  - Selçuk Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-5766
SP  - 393
EP  - 411
IS  - 24
KW  - Ahıska
KW  - Ahıska Türkleri
KW  - Sovyet Dönemi
KW  - Göç
KW  - 1944 Sürgünü
N2  - Ahıska, the scope of the study, lies in the southwest of Caucasian Region within the boundaries of Georgia. Ahıska is surrounded from the north and east by Georgia; from the south by Armenia; from the southwest by Turkey; and from the west by the Autonomous Republic of Acaristan (Georgia). It has an area measuring 6.260 km² totally. The aim of this study is to evaluate the geographical areas where Ahıska Turks have lived,  the problems they have encountered because of emigration/exile since the Soviet period, and the ways those problems have been solved. Although the study was based on literature, some Ahıska Turks were interviewed regarding the socio-economic and the cultural  adaptation to the places where they lived. Some daily publications and statistical data were also used in this study. The Soviet Union granted autonomy to Abhazs, Asetins, and Acars, but they did not grant it to Ahıska. Thus a new period began for Ahıska in 1921 when it was annexed to the Soviet Union. Starting from 1921, various tyranny and violence policies were imposed on Ahıska Turks by the Soviet Union. A great majority of Ahıska Turks (100.000-120.000) were exiled to the Middle East by the government ruled by Stalin in 1944. Ahıska Turks, first exiled then, have never been able to return to their homeland so far. About 600.000 Ahıska Turks live as immigrants in 15 countries and some 100 regions, and they are the only Turkish community who do not have self-government. They have serious socio-economic, cultural, and educational problems. In spite of the problems they have encountered so far, Ahıska Turks have been able to survive without losing anything from their Turkish quality.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sutad/article/276708
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/257903
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