MeskhetianTurkAmericans

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Meskhetian Turk Americans are an ethnic subgroup of Turkish descent in the United States, originating from the Meskheti region of Georgia and shaped by a history of displacement across the former Soviet Union before resettling in America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meskhetian Turk diaspora 1
MeskhetianTurkAmericans canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith post-Soviet migration ⓘ
refugee resettlement in the United States ⓘ
continentOfResidence North America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States ⓘ
culturalIdentity Muslim minority ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic primarily first- and second-generation immigrants ⓘ
diasporaFrom Georgia (country) ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

former Soviet Union ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn United States ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Meskhetian Turks ⓘ
linked to: Meskhetians

Turks ⓘ
experience historical discrimination in parts of the former Soviet Union ⓘ
hasAncestralLanguage Meskhetian Turkish ⓘ
hasEthnoreligiousBackground Turkic Muslim ⓘ
historicalRegionOfOrigin Meskheti region of Georgia ⓘ
history shaped by displacement within the former Soviet Union ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
maintainsTraditions Islamic religious practices ⓘ
Turkish cultural practices ⓘ
migrationHistory deported from Meskheti region during Soviet era ⓘ
resettled in various Soviet republics before emigrating to the United States ⓘ
originatingPopulation Meskhetian Turks of the Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Meskhetian Turk diaspora ⓘ
Turkish diaspora ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Georgia (country) ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

Meskheti ⓘ
reasonForMigration escape from ethnic conflict and discrimination ⓘ
search for safety and stability ⓘ
relatedTo Central Asian Americans ⓘ
Georgian Americans ⓘ
linked to: Georgians

Turkish Americans ⓘ
linked to: Turkish American
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
settlementPattern refugee resettlement programs in the United States ⓘ
usesScript Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkish Americans → hasNotableSubgroup → MeskhetianTurkAmericans ⓘ
subject linked to: Turkish American
MeskhetianTurkAmericans → partOf → Meskhetian Turk diaspora ⓘ
linked to: MeskhetianTurkAmericans