Meskhetian (Turks)

Also known as Meskhetian Turks

ethnic group

Key facts

Georgia: 1,500
Turkey: 100,000
Kazakhstan: 150,000–250,000
Azerbaijan: 90,000–130,000
Russia: 70,000–100,000
Kyrgyzstan: 42,000–55,000
Uzbekistan: 15,000–38,000
Ukraine: 8,000–15,000
United states: 9,000–16,000

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Meskhetian Turks in Karabük, Turkey

Meskhetian Turks, also referred to as Turkish Meskhetians, Ahiska Turks, and Turkish Ahiskans, (Turkish: Ahıska Türkleri; Georgian: მესხეთის თურქები Meskhetis turk'ebi) are a Turkish ethnic subgroup who historically inhabited the Meskheti region of Georgia, along the border with Turkey. The Turkish presence in Meskheti began with the Ottoman military expedition of 1578, although Turkic tribes had settled in the region as early as the eleventh and twelfth centuries.