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Yazarlar: Serhat KESKİN, Hazar Ege GÜRSOY

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Ahıska Turks (Meskhetian Turks),1944 Deportation

Özet: Ahıska Turks (Meskhetian Turks) are a Turkish-speaking,Muslim community who were living in Samtskhe-Javakheti region ofGeorgia, which went under the control of Soviet regime in 1921 with thetreaties of Moscow (16 March 1921) and Kars (13 October 1921) signedbetween Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Soviet Union. In1944, like many other non-Slavic nationalities, Ahıska Turks wereaccused of posing a threat to the national security of the Soviet Unionand thus, were deported from their homeland to Central Asia. However,this deportation was neither the first nor the last human rights violationthey have been subjected to. Ahıska Turks have experienced varioushuman rights violations under both Soviet and post-Soviet periods.Although dispersed to ten different countries, some Ahıska Turks stillpreserve the desire to return to their homeland. This article aims toanalyze the historical and legal dimensions of human rights violationsand discriminations experienced by Ahıska Turks both in Soviet andpost-Soviet periods. With that aim, this article pays special attention tothe attitude of Russia towards Ahıska Turks resettled in Krasnodarregion and the policies of Georgia regarding the repatriation of AhıskaTurks to their homeland

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