What to know
Where belonging begins
The concepts, names and customs that make a person Ahıska. For those who want to keep this within themselves — and pass it on to their children.
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concepts
🏔 Land and names
The same place is called differently. That is not confusion — it is history.
🕯 History
Dates every family knows. Without them you cannot understand why we live in nine countries.
👨👩👧 Family and kin
How an Ahıska family is arranged and what the words spoken at home mean.
🪡 Home and things
A carpet, bread, dishes. Things carried in the wagons and kept safe in the new place.
🗣 Language
What language we speak and why it does not sound like Istanbul.
☾ Faith and customs
The customs that held the people together. We explain, we do not preach.
Only what can be checked is here. Where the people have different versions, we say so openly rather than choosing the convenient one. If you know better or remember differently, write to us and we will correct it together.