ERIC Number: EJ1271053
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 32
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ISSN: EISSN-2148-225X
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Educational Results of an Exile: The Ahiska Turks
International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, v7 n4 p1603-1633 2020
The restrictions imposed by a state on the way of life of a certain ethnic group, and the education policy implemented on that group, may prevent the use of the right to education, which is one of the fundamental human rights. This study focuses on the educational consequences of the exiling from their homeland of the Ahiska Turks (or Meskhetian Turks) who lived in the Ahiska (Samtskhe) region of Georgia at the time of the Soviet Union, in the year 1944. This descriptive study adopted the case study design based on qualitative research techniques. The data were gathered through a semi-structured interview form given to four participants selected via criterion sampling method from different generations who were either sent into exile, were born and grew up in the place of exile, or were born after the break-up of the USSR and were attempting to settle in another country. The data were analysed using the descriptive data analysis techniques, and the results revealed that the exiled Ahiska Turks suffered losses in terms of education due to their exile and its consequences. These losses were categorized in four groups, namely, losses stemming from leaving the community devoid of intellectuals, losses due to literacy becoming more difficult, losses originating from being forced into agricultural labour, and losses due to exposure to ethnic discrimination.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants, Social Discrimination, Outcomes of Education, Equal Education, Educational History, European History, Intellectual Freedom, Literacy, Turkish, Alphabets, Educational Change, Agricultural Occupations
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia Republic
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