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Diaspora of diaspora: Adyge-Abkhaz returnees in the ancestral homeland

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posted on 2023-06-09, 01:10 authored by Cemre Erciyes
Focusing on the diasporic characteristics shown by ancestral return migrants, this case study looks at the Abkhaz-Adyge (Circassian) returnees from Turkey to the Caucasus and how they become the “diaspora of the diaspora.” The next generations of diasporans continue to dream of return, and, with recent developments in communication technologies and cheaper transportation, many find ways to realize this dream. There are many different forms of return, but some “return-migrate” and settle in an unfamiliar ancestral home. The relocation creates new experiences as the homeland turns out to be very different from that which they imagined, and the return migration is transformed into a new form of migrant experience that, in fact, produces renewed diasporic characteristics.

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  • Published

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Journal

Diaspora: a journal of transnational studies

ISSN

1044-2057

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Issue

3

Volume

17

Page range

340-361

Department affiliated with

  • Geography Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-05-10

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2016-05-10

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-05-09

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