Circassian Government Politics
Turkish Conference Advocating an Independent
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On August 5 Turkey hosted the inaugural conference on an independent Circassia, with the event facilitated by the local government of Istanbul's Üsküdar district,
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When Russia extended its empire in the Caucasus region in the late 19th century, its Muslim Circassian population was forced to migrate to areas in the Ottoman Empire
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We have never been united,” says Janberd Dinçer, one of Turkey’s leading Circassian activists. “But today, we are more divided than ever.
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Sochi stirs Circassian nationalism
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his study is an attempt to summarize the political participation strategies generated by the Circassians in Turkey since the 1970s.
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Circassians first came to Anatolia in significant numbers during the 19th century, when up to a million were forced out of their homeland in the North Caucasus by the Russian Empire.
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On March 20, members of a Russian parliamentary delegation who traveled to Syria reported that at least 100 families of Syrian Circassians were prepared
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Circassian activist Andzor Kabard exposed the International Circassian Association (ICA) for having applied for Russian government funding.
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Book Club: Research into the Circassian's role within the Ottoman Empire has been largely muted since the establishment of the Turkish Republic.
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Circassian nationalism refers to national movements among Adyghe people, a North Caucasian ethnic group.
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Inauguration of former Russian Constitutional Court Justice Boris Ebzeyev as president of the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic.
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For well over a hundred years, Russian expansion into the Caucasus put it face-to-face with the Circassians.
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Scattered across the world, Circassians are increasingly active online. Now in Russia, activists are putting forward an initiative to unite under a single name.
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(RFE/RL) In Russia's northwestern Caucasus republic of Adygea, police have recently been accused of violent actions against young Muslims.
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The Circassians and their close kin, the Ubykhs, all call themselves "Adyghe" (three syllables).