New Circassian Museum Opens in the Circassian Village of Khadjmikokhabl in Turkey

 


The photo and video in this report were published by the journalist of the TV of the Republic of Adygea Susanna Gochetl on her Instagram page @guchetl.susanna. There she talks about a new Circassian museum that has recently opened in the Circassian village of Khadjmikokhabl (Uzuntarla), which in Turkey. 

The village is located in the vicinity of Istanbul, on its eastern side, in the Kocaeli province. 

The museum houses many items of Circassian heritage. On all the items in the museum, their essence and names are written in Turkish and Circassian (adyghe).

Let us recall that in Turkey there is  the largest Circassian Diaspora in the world, estimated at more than five million people. They live in all cities in Turkey and more than two hundred Circassian associations operate in them. There are also over 300 Circassian villages in Turkey.






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