This interdisciplinary webinar will discuss the fourth deportation of the descendants of Abaza-Adyghe (Circassian) refugees from Syria after the war in 2011 and their resettlement in Turkey and Abkhazia. It will follow a historical perspective starting from their first exile from the Caucasus (homelands) after the Russian-Caucasian War in 1864 and till the last one after the War in Syria.
18 Juni – 14.45-15.30 “Film: The Adyghe (Circassian: The Forgotten Story of Circassian Exile)” Şehbal Şenyurt Arınlı (PEN scholar, documentary film director, human rights activist, Germany)
Şehbal Şenyurt Arınlı 