#ahiska

Portrait of a Meskhetian Woman in Uzbekistan, 19th century

The Turkic world 🌎 As can be seen, Turks can be found throughout Eurasia. The Northern Turks include Tatars, Bashkirs, Yakuts(Saka), Chuvashes and the Mongolian Turkic mixed people such as the Altais, Tuvans, and Khakas people.The Far East Turks include Uyghurs, Salars and some Central Asian Turks. The Western Turks ( of which most are in Caucasus) include Ahiska Turks, Karachais, Balkars, Azerbaijanis, Nogais, Kumyks, and Turkey Turks (also Azerbaijanis in Iran and Turkmens in Iraq and Syria).Central Asians Turks include Turkmens, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, and Kyrgyz people. Southern Europe( mainly Balkans) include mainly Gagauz people and other Ottoman Turks.

Meskhetian Turks in Uzbekistan, 1989

Meskhetian Girls in Uzbekistan, 19th century

Kızımın resim koleksiyonundan. #sümeyyeethem #resim #ahiska (Denizli) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5vVE5oJmhP/?igshid=1tn18004hr9rc

Ahmet amca akrabamla #ahiska #istanbul (Guzelyalı, Istanbul, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4zUaH6pu8b/?igshid=p6oi1c5vtj9b

Güzel Kardeşim Abdullah’la beraber. #ahiska #güzelyalı #istanbul (Guzelyalı, Istanbul, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4zUUUoJT6A/?igshid=1rmjqfek01970