CONJECTURAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS OF AHISKA TURKS IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SOVIET ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

Abstract

After the Soviet Union dissolved both academic and independent studies on Ahiska Turks showed that the problems of Ahıska Turks have been discussed in many fields and opened to discussion. Today, Ahiska Turks, who struggle to survive in different regions of nine different countries, have political, legal and economic problems, however, socio-cultural, religious, family and population problems are also increasing day by day. Ahiska Turks, who are today struggling to survive in different regions of nine different countries, have political, legal and economic problems, as well as socio-cultural, religious, family and population problems. Soviet archive documents and academic-independent researches related to population will be applied among the problems mentioned in our study. It will be tried to determine the Ahiska population in particular, Soviet archive documents belonging to Ahıska Turks will be examined 1944 pre-exile, exile period and later periods.In addition, the records/estimates of the Meskhetian Vatan Society and its representatives, operating in the countries where (In Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Turkey and America) the Ahıska people migrated voluntarily and compulsory, regarding the population will be included. It will be tried to make a general inference about the population based on recorded and estimated data. Within the framework of archival documents, the compulsory immigration policies that Ahıska people are exposed to will be clarified. Attention will be drawn the political and socio-cultural dimension of today's disorganization. Opinion will be discussed regarding the immigration policies that Ahıska people should follow today.