Circassia is not for Adventurers and Gamblers
Adel Bashqawi
June 17, 2023
This group is devoted to elaborate on obtaining long lasted missing justice for the nations of the North Caucasus. It is also dedicated to concentrate on human rights issues that had been abducted when the invaders conquered and colonized the region.
Friday, June 9, 2023
New Circassian Committee More Political and Youth Oriented than Other Circassian Groups, Organizers Say
Paul Goble
Staunton, June 7 – Russian pressure on and penetration of Circassian organizations abroad, generational changes in the community, and divisions about strategy and tactics among the more than five million Circassians in the diaspora have combined to produce more organizations which are often at odds with one another. Read more
Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / June 17, 2023
A Circassian View on Kiev Conference Regarding Symbolic Rare Case of Independence
Adel Bashqawi
June 5, 2023
Sunday, May 28, 2023
Far More Circassians Abroad Want to Return to their North Caucasus Homeland than have Applied to Do So, Expert Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, May 22 – Moscow’s increasingly restrictive approach to those its own laws declare to be compatriots but who do not speak Russian means that the share of the 3.5 million Circassians living in exile in Turkey who have applied to return is far smaller than the actual number who would like to go back, Umit Dincher says.
The president of the Federation of Caucasian Associations of Turkey says that is highlighted by what has happened since last winter’s destructive earthquakes hit that country. Many Circassians were near ground zero of that disaster, hoped to leave but recognized that going to Russia was no longer a real option given Moscow’s policies. Read more
Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / June 4, 2023