“The Society of Circassian Unity” and its newspaper — “İttihad Gazetesi” (Cairo, 1899)
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The article examines the conditions of formation, ideological attitudes and major activities of the first legal association of the North Caucasian diaspora in the Middle East — the “Society of Circassian Unity”, established in Cairo in 1899. The paper analyzes the reasons of the organization’s failure to implement its program objectives.
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Ottoman Empire, North Caucasian diaspora, Circassian organizations, Young Turk movement, sultan Abdulhamid II, Tripolitania, Egypt
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