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Turkey’s Circassian groups have found themselves in the crosshairs of nationalist parties after complaining of assimilation. Turkey’s Circassian community has come under fire from nationalist quarters after complaining of assimilation against the Circassian identity. The controversy began with a video story by German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle. In the 12-minute segment, Fahri Huvaj, a Turkish author of Circassian descent, claimed that Circassians have been...

Boris Johnson's sister Rachel reveals her great-great grandmother was a Circassian teenager sold to an 'older Turkish man' by her father – but believes white slavery left her 'better off' Boris Johnson's sister Rachel has discovered great-great-grandmother's past Discovered the woman, Hanife Feride, was as young as 13 when she was sold Circassians fled to Turkey during Russia's invasion of the Caucasus in the 19th century creating an influx OF Circassian slave...

In recent weeks there have been Facebook posts of a picture of a Circassian activist – Bislan Hagaz'i from the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Along with the photos there are scriptures that talk about the candidacy of this activist for the position of president of what is called the International Circassian association. These posts are mostly published by Circassians living in Turkey. This month there will be a conference of the association we mentioned above in the city of Nalchik...

On September 4, a presentation of the 'Circassian Historical and Geographical Society' took place in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, – news agency Caucasus Times reports. As the director and founder of the society Asker Khashirov explained in an interview, the main goal of the society is to popularize the Circassian culture, to bring objective scientific facts about the history, culture and historical geography of the Circassian ethnos to the public...

Among those who once called the Caucasus home were the Circassians, or the Adyghe people – a predominantly Muslim ethnic group native to the northwest region of Caucasia and northeast coast of the Black Sea. Today, this land belongs to Russia and is divided into four republics: The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the Karachai-Cherkess Republic, the Adigey Republic, and the Shapsugh Region. Following the Russo-Circassian War, the majority of Circassians were...

The study 'Origin of the Circassians' is an extensive 2-volume monograph, written by A. Namitok – Adyghe scientist who was in forced emigration after the revolution events of 1917 in Russia. The author devoted many years of his life to the study of ethnogenesis of the Adyghe (Circassian) ethnic group and presented his vision of this problem in named scientific work. Written several decades ago in French, this research study has been inaccessible to domestic readers for many years.

Turkey will continue to stand by the Crimean Tatar people, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said in a message posted on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of their mass deportation. Referring to the deportations as a “dark stain” on history, Kalın said the Crimean Tatars were forced to leave their homes and work in labor camps in various countries in the Soviet Union on May 18, 1944. “Most of the elderly, children and women lost their lives as a result...

The CRO condemns the comments made by the Russian Ambassador in Turkey, Mr. Alexei Yerkhov on Feb. 14th of 2020. The top Russian Federation diplomat made some false and unnecessary comments about the Russian-Circassian war during the eighteenth and nineteenth century during an interview regarding the Moscow-backed military campaign in Syria and the Russian-Turkish relations. The Comments made by Mr. Yerkhov are disgraceful, false and misleading...

Some officers placed their hands on the Bible, others on the Quran. But every one of the 24 Passaic County sheriff's officers promoted on Thursday took the same oath – to uphold the U.S. Constitution – and one of them even made history. Nart Hapatsha became the first Muslim to be appointed Passaic County undersheriff, giving him a place in Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik's Cabinet. Hapatsha was one of the first Circassians in the Sheriff's Office when he took the...