Turks in Kyrgyzstan

Turks in Kyrgyzstan
Total population
	50,000 to 70,000; plus 3,200 Turkish nationals;
Regions with significant populations
	Bishkek; Chüy R; Osh; Osh R; Talas R;
Languages
	Turkish, Kyrgyz
Religion
	Islam

Turks in Kyrgyzstan (Turkish: Kırgızistan'daki Türkler) are ethnic Turks who live in Kyrgyzstan.

History

The majority of Turks were deported from south-western Georgia to Central Asia in 1944, where they were employed largely in the agricultural sector in grain and livestock production. Of the 207,500 Meskhetian Turks registered in the 1989 Soviet census, there were 21,294 Turks in Kyrgyzstan.^[4]

Turks in Kyrgyzstan according to Soviet Censuses and 1999, 2009 National Censuses^[5]
Year	Population
1970	3,076
1979	5,160
1989	21,294
1999	33,327
2009	39,133

Demographics

Turks in Kyrgyzstan are often called Fergana Turks due to their large presence in the Fergana valley.^[6]

Education

The Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University was established in Jal district of Bishkek in 1995 and has around 2,000 students. It is one of the leading universities in the country. The Kyrgyz-Turkish Anatolian High School, Kyrgyz-Turkish Anatolian Girls Vocational School, Bishkek Turkish Primary School and Turkish Language Teaching Center are run by the Turkish Ministry of Education.

Notable people

Ömürbek Babanov, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan in 2011-12 (Turkish Meskhetian mother)^[7]
Orhan İnandı, founder of the Sapat system of schools in Kyrgyzstan, including Ala-Too International University^[8]

References

^ IRIN Asia. "KYRGYZSTAN: Focus on Mesketian Turks". Retrieved 2009-10-15.
^ Blacklock 2005, 10.
^ Council of Europe 2007, 130.
^ Babak, Vaisman & Wasserman 2004, 252.
^ Population and Housing Census 2009. Chapter 3.1. Resident population by nationality (PDF) (in Russian), Bishkek: National Committee on Statistics, 2010, retrieved 2021-12-14
^ Minahan 1998, 142.
^ Kırgızistan'da cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim yarışında iki eski başbakan öne çıkıyor, Anadolu Agency, 2017, retrieved 20 December 2020, Babanov'un annesinin Kırgız olmamasını zaman zaman siyasi malzeme olarak kullanıyor. Babanov da durumu "Rahmetli annem, İkinci Dünya Savaşı döneminde Gürcistan'ın Batum şehrinden Kırgızistan'a sürüldü. Uzun tren yolculuğu sırasında anne ve babasını kaybeden küçük kıza bir Kırgız ailesi sahip çıktı. Ben Kırgız ailesinde büyüdüm. Annem Ahıska Türkü'dür babam da Kırgız" sözleriyle açıklıyor.
^ Putz, Catherine (2021), Allegations of Torture and Kyrgyz Involvement in Orhan Inandi case, The Diplomat, retrieved 27 July 2021

Bibliography

Babak, Vladimir; Vaisman, Demian; Wasserman, Aryeh (2004), Political Organization in Central Asia and Azerbaijan: Sources and Documents, Routledge, ISBN 0-7146-4838-8.
Blacklock, Denika (2005), FINDING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE MESKHETIANS (PDF), EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MINORITY ISSUES, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02
Council of Europe (2007), Parliamentary Assembly: Working Papers 2007 Ordinary Session 22–26 January 2007, Council of Europe, ISBN 978-92-871-6191-8.
Minahan, James (1998), Miniature Empires: A Historical Dictionary of the Newly Independent States, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-30610-9.

External links

[1] IRIN Asia. "KYRGYZSTAN: Focus on Mesketian Turks". Retrieved 2009-10-15.

[2] Blacklock 2005, 10.

[3] Council of Europe 2007, 130.

[Babak_2004_loc=252-4] Babak, Vaisman & Wasserman 2004, 252.

[NewCensus-5] Population and Housing Census 2009. Chapter 3.1. Resident population by nationality (PDF) (in Russian), Bishkek: National Committee on Statistics, 2010, retrieved 2021-12-14

[6] Minahan 1998, 142.

[AA-7] Kırgızistan'da cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim yarışında iki eski başbakan öne çıkıyor, Anadolu Agency, 2017, retrieved 20 December 2020, Babanov'un annesinin Kırgız olmamasını zaman zaman siyasi malzeme olarak kullanıyor. Babanov da durumu "Rahmetli annem, İkinci Dünya Savaşı döneminde Gürcistan'ın Batum şehrinden Kırgızistan'a sürüldü. Uzun tren yolculuğu sırasında anne ve babasını kaybeden küçük kıza bir Kırgız ailesi sahip çıktı. Ben Kırgız ailesinde büyüdüm. Annem Ahıska Türkü'dür babam da Kırgız" sözleriyle açıklıyor.

[8] Putz, Catherine (2021), Allegations of Torture and Kyrgyz Involvement in Orhan Inandi case, The Diplomat, retrieved 27 July 2021

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