Meskhetian Turks
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Meskhetian Turks

Ethnic group
GroupAhıska / Meskhetian Turks / Kavkaz Turkleri
Populationc. 400,000 -500,000- 629,000
Kazakhstan150000
Azerbaijan90,000-110,000
Russia70,000-90,000
Kyrgyzstan50,000
Turkey40,000
Uzbekistan15,000
Ukraine10,000
United States18000
Georgia1,000

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Meskhetian Turks, also known as Ahıska Turks (Turkish: Ahıska Türkleri; , t'urk'i meskhebi or მაჰმადიანი მესხები, mahmadiani meskhebi; , turki-meskhetintsy) are the former Turkish inhabitants of Meskheti (Georgia), along the border with Turkey. They were deported to Central Asia during November 15-25 1944 by Joseph Stalin and settled within Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Of the 120,000 forcibly deported in cattle-trucks a total of 10,000 perished. Today they are dispersed over a number of other countries of the former Soviet Union.

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Resettlement process of Meskhetian Turks to Georgia will begin in January 2011 - Trend News Agency Tweet this news
Trend News Agency--"The law on the repatriation of the -Meskhetian Turks- already entered into force. Their relocation to Georgia will begin in January 2011. ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:00:45 GMT+00:00

Country 1897
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Latest Independent Census' Current estimates Further information
Armenia 19 28 13
Azerbaijan 8,491 7,926 17,705 43,400 (1999 Azeri Census) 90,000- 110,000 Turks in Azerbaijan
Belarus 9 17 55
Estonia 23 22 23
Georgia 115,000 853 917 1,375 600-1,000
Kazakhstan 18,397 25,820 49,567 76,260 (1999 Kazakh Census) 150,000 Turks in Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan 3,076 5,160 21,294 33,327 (1999 Kyrgyz Census) 50,000-70,000 Turks in Kyrgyzstan
Latvia 12 3 9
Lithuania 5 30 8
Moldova 26 20 14
Russia 1,568 3,561 9,890 95,672 (2002 Russian Census) 70,000-90,000 Turks in Russia
Tajikistan 39 53 768
Turkey 40,000
Turkmenistan 347 149 227 Turks in Turkmenistan
Ukraine 226 257 262 9,180 (2001 Ukrainian Census) 10,000 Turks in Ukraine
United States 9,000-15,000
Uzbekistan 46,398 48,726 106,302 No census conducted since 1989 15,000-20,000 Turks in Uzbekistan
Total 208,822 115,000 79,489 92,689 207,512 435,000 to 505,000

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