Migrations in the Historical Process and the Issue of an Armenian Homeland in the Caucasus by Changing Place Names Cover Image

Tarihî Süreçte Göçler Ve Yer Adları Değişiklikleriyle Kafkasya’da Bir Ermeni Yurdu Tesis Edilmesi Meselesi
Migrations in the Historical Process and the Issue of an Armenian Homeland in the Caucasus by Changing Place Names

Author(s): Çiğdem Türkmen
Subject(s): Military history, Social history, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire, Migration Studies
Published by: Serkan YAZICI
Keywords: Immigration; Caucasia; Armenia; Toponomy; Genocide; Emigration; Deportation; Caucasian Turks; Caucasian Muslims;

Summary/Abstract: The Ottoman Empire was incurring the firts mass migration in the 19th century were the Caucasian migrations. After 1820s, migration started in small groups, and hundreds of thousands of Caucasian Muslims migrated to the lands of the caliphate between 1858 and 1864. The Armenian reform added to agenda along with the 93 War, the rivalry between Russia and Britain to the international dimension of the Armenian issue, has directly affected the relations of the Armenian and Ottoman elements within the territories of the Ottoman State. The ideal of constructing an Armenian homeland of separatist committees such as Dashnak and Hinchak also supported the Russians, facilitated their integration into the Caucasus region, and bolstered their courage for any deportation, assimilation and even genocide. In this study, the formation of today's Armenia region and the ninety-two-years stages of the survival of the Muslim Turks, especially from the living ethnic elements, it is explained how the place names are changed in order to remove the remains from the center of ethnic cleansing and to give the image of "here is an Armenian homeland from past to today".

  • Issue Year: 3/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 272-305
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Turkish