Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American Society

This study examines the socio-cultural life in the new land and integration processes into the host community of the 75 Meskhetian Turkish households resettled in Denver, Colorado. The traditional homeland of the Meskhetian Turks, as one of the dozens, if not hundreds, immigrant communities livin...

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Main Author: Musa YAVUZ ALPTEKIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Oradea, Research Centre on Identity and Migration Studies-RCIMI 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Identity and Migration Studies
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Online Access:http://e-migration.ro/jims/Vol8_No1_2014/Articles/JIMS_Vol8_No1_2014_pp_47_67_YAVUZ.pdf
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spelling doaj-1b93295e681d4e29871a8b1c0c7cdb732020-11-25T00:15:30ZengUniversity of Oradea, Research Centre on Identity and Migration Studies-RCIMIJournal of Identity and Migration Studies1843-56101843-56102014-05-01814767Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American SocietyMusa YAVUZ ALPTEKIN0Karadeniz Technical UniversityThis study examines the socio-cultural life in the new land and integration processes into the host community of the 75 Meskhetian Turkish households resettled in Denver, Colorado. The traditional homeland of the Meskhetian Turks, as one of the dozens, if not hundreds, immigrant communities living the U.S.A., is Akhaltsikhe, a district in the region Samtskhe-Javakheti within the borders of the modern-day Georgia. In 1944, the Meskhetian Turks were forcibly removed from their homeland and exiled en masse to various countries in Central Asia by the Soviet Union. A significant part of those resettled in Uzbekistan were transferred to the city of Krasnodar in Russia, after the Ferghana Events of 1989. In 2004, due to the conditions of resettlement, 12,500 Meskhetian Turks immigrated to the U.S, under a refugee program, and dispersed throughout 26 states. Using the methods such as surveys, in-depth interviews and participant observation with an integrated approach, this study examined the family and community social structure of the Meskhetian Turks currently living intensively in Denver, Colorado. The study illustrated their cultural aspects, and tried to identify the present day of the process of integration into the U.S. society, as well as to envisage the probable future of this integration.http://e-migration.ro/jims/Vol8_No1_2014/Articles/JIMS_Vol8_No1_2014_pp_47_67_YAVUZ.pdfMeskhetian TurksColoradoSocio-cultural IntegrationIdentityExileRefugeeDiaspora
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Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American Society
Journal of Identity and Migration Studies
Meskhetian Turks
Colorado
Socio-cultural Integration
Identity
Exile
Refugee
Diaspora
author_facet Musa YAVUZ ALPTEKIN
author_sort Musa YAVUZ ALPTEKIN
title Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American Society
title_short Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American Society
title_full Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American Society
title_fullStr Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American Society
title_full_unstemmed Meskhetian Turks in Fourth Land: Identity and Socio-economic Integration into American Society
title_sort meskhetian turks in fourth land: identity and socio-economic integration into american society
publisher University of Oradea, Research Centre on Identity and Migration Studies-RCIMI
series Journal of Identity and Migration Studies
issn 1843-5610
1843-5610
publishDate 2014-05-01
description This study examines the socio-cultural life in the new land and integration processes into the host community of the 75 Meskhetian Turkish households resettled in Denver, Colorado. The traditional homeland of the Meskhetian Turks, as one of the dozens, if not hundreds, immigrant communities living the U.S.A., is Akhaltsikhe, a district in the region Samtskhe-Javakheti within the borders of the modern-day Georgia. In 1944, the Meskhetian Turks were forcibly removed from their homeland and exiled en masse to various countries in Central Asia by the Soviet Union. A significant part of those resettled in Uzbekistan were transferred to the city of Krasnodar in Russia, after the Ferghana Events of 1989. In 2004, due to the conditions of resettlement, 12,500 Meskhetian Turks immigrated to the U.S, under a refugee program, and dispersed throughout 26 states. Using the methods such as surveys, in-depth interviews and participant observation with an integrated approach, this study examined the family and community social structure of the Meskhetian Turks currently living intensively in Denver, Colorado. The study illustrated their cultural aspects, and tried to identify the present day of the process of integration into the U.S. society, as well as to envisage the probable future of this integration.
topic Meskhetian Turks
Colorado
Socio-cultural Integration
Identity
Exile
Refugee
Diaspora
url http://e-migration.ro/jims/Vol8_No1_2014/Articles/JIMS_Vol8_No1_2014_pp_47_67_YAVUZ.pdf
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