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The Construction of Turkey’s Circassians as a docile minorityUlaş Sunata, 2021, original scientific article
Abstract: The 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games revived memories related to the Cir-cassians’ forced migration from their Caucasus homeland into the Ottoman Em-pire after 150 years. In that year, I conducted a considerable oral history project to understand the collective memories of Circassians in Turkey. The main focus of this study is, however, the social construction of the Circassian minority in Turkey. I examine their oral historical narratives related to their immigration, reception and resettlement, and instrumentalization. It is as important to place emphasis on the protected, multiplied and renewed sociocultural values of Circassians as it is to confront the history. I will examine the relationship between their diasporic identity and minority identity as well as their preferences in identity reproduction.
Keywords: Circassians, Adyghe, minority, diaspora, ethnicity, collective memory, social construction
Published in DiRROS: 22.03.2022; Views: 474; Downloads: 282
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