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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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Meskhetian Turks, also
referred to as
Turkish Meskhetians,
Ahiska Turks, and
Turkish Ahiskans, (Turkish: Ahıska Türkleri; Georgian: მესხეთის თურქები Meskhetis...
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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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historically located in the Balkans;
Turkish Cypriots on the
island of Cyprus,
Meskhetian Turks originally based in Meskheti, Georgia; and
ethnic Turkish people...
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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
pogrom in the
Fergana valley in June...
- of Ottoman-Turkish
captives during the Russo-Turkish wars; the
Turkish Meskhetian community; and the more
recent Turkish immigrants from the
Republic of...
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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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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...
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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...
