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and Ankara “to secure social solidarity among the
Ossetians living in Turkey and… to protect and develop their cultural values”. In 2017 the Alan Vakfı created memorial groves in each of the three remaining Ossetian villages to commemorate the lives of the 186 school children killed in the
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Chochiev, “Evolution of a North Caucasian Community in Late Ottoman and Republican Turkey: The Case of Anatolian Ossetians,” in Anthony Gorman and Sossie Kasbarian, eds., Diasporas of the Modern Middle East: Contextualising Community, Edinburgh, p.
87:, due to massive migration to the major cities at present there remain only three: Boyalık, Karabacak and Poyrazlı, all of which are located in the
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95:. Boyalık has about 30 households, Karabacak 15, and Poyrazlı some 200. The residents of Boyalık and Karabacak speak the
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161:. Due to Islamic influence they have largely abandoned many of the traditions which are maintained in
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The Alan
Cultural and Aid Foundation (Alan Kültür ve Yardım Vakfı) was founded in 1989 by Ossetes in
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of 1877-78. While up to the 1960s there were as many as 60 Ossetian villages in central and eastern
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due to Russia's activities in the region. Many settled in villages in the eastern district of
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during the early 1860s as part of a greater migration of
Muslims from the region to the
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who can claim
Ossetian descent, but of these only a few thousand identify as such.
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are citizens and denizens of Turkey who are, or descend from, ethnic
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Chochiev, “Evolution of a North
Caucasian Community", p. 120.
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diaspora members protesting against
Georgia during the
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67:An estimated 50,000 Ossetes left the Russian
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79:, but moved further west following the
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154:Ossetians in Turkey are predominantly
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505:Turkish people of Ossetian descent
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103:, while those of Poyrazlı speak
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474:Provinces by life expectancy
91:district some 200km east of
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500:European diaspora in Turkey
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196:, "Ossetians in Turkey",
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400:Demographics of Istanbul
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464:Provinces by population
312:Demographics of Turkey
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139:2008 South Ossetia war
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198:Iran and the Caucasus
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175:Minorities in Turkey
133:Ossetians and other
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20:Ossetians in Turkey
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141:(August 13, 2008,
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16:Ethnic group
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373:Irreligion
336:Minorities
181:References
119:in 2004.
380:Education
341:Languages
135:Caucasian
77:Sarıkamış
49:Ossetians
45:in Turkey
43:Ossetians
353:Religion
169:See also
150:Religion
143:Istanbul
112:Istanbul
101:Ossetian
85:Anatolia
69:Caucasus
57:Caucasus
395:Poverty
368:Judaism
163:Ossetia
63:History
55:in the
53:Ossetia
385:Health
319:Topics
159:Muslim
124:Turkey
93:Ankara
89:Yozgat
34:60,000
457:Lists
358:Islam
265:Foltz
253:Foltz
241:Foltz
220:Foltz
156:Sunni
105:Digor
448:2020
443:2010
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418:1927
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