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