The Movement of the Meskhetians for a Return to their Homeland, July 1971 (20.9)

«No 20 : 2 July 1971» On 4 May 1971 the leaders of the Soviet State were sent an appeal signed by O. Selimov, chairman of the Council of Elders of the Turkic Association for the Defence of National Rights. The Council of Elders of the Meskhetian people, who have been in exile for 27 … Continue reading The Movement of the Meskhetians for a Return to their Homeland, July 1971 (20.9)

The Movement of the Meskhetians for a Return to their Homeland, April 1971 (19.6)

«No 19 : 30 April 1971» In 1969 the Chronicle reported on the Meskhetians, a population native to the southern areas of Georgia, on the history of the forcible deportation of the entire people (CCE 7.6), and on the persecution of the Meskhetians when they attempted to return to their homeland (CCE 9.7).[1] For 27 … Continue reading The Movement of the Meskhetians for a Return to their Homeland, April 1971 (19.6)

The movement of the people from Meskhetia for a return to the homeland, April 1969 (7.6)

«No 7 : 30 April 1969» On 15 November 1944 the indigenous population of Meskhetia (a southern part of Georgia) was forcibly deported. The latter was mainly formed when, from the end of the 16th to the beginning of the 17th century, the Meskhi Georgians gradually adopted the Turkish language and became converted to Islam. … Continue reading The movement of the people from Meskhetia for a return to the homeland, April 1969 (7.6)