BOOK LAUNCH: “GÜRCİSTAN’DAKİ MÜSLÜMAN TOPLULUKLAR: AZINLIK HAKLARI, KİMLİK, SİYASET” (MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN GEORGIA: MINORITY RIGHTS, IDENTITY, POLITICS)
The Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM), on 6 October 2016, will organize a meeting to launch the book titled “Gürcistan’daki Müslüman Topluluklar: Azınlık Hakları, Kimlik, Siyaset” (En. Muslim Communities in Georgia: Minority Rights, Identity, Politics).
The book titled “Gürcistan’daki Müslüman Topluluklar: Azınlık Hakları, Kimlik, Siyaset” explores the post-Soviet situation of Georgian and Turkish Muslim communities in Georgia in terms of minority rights, secularism and identity politics.
The book, which is a product of great support from the Office of the Prime Minister for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) and supplementary contributions from the Directorate of Religious Affairs, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency and the Promotion Fund of Turkey, is based on data from field studies carried out in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Aydıngün and consisting of AVİM analysts and researchers from Middle East Technical University, Karabük University and Koç University.
AVİM wishes to welcome you at this meeting that will be held on 6 October 2016 – Thursday at 14:30-17:00 at AVİM Conference Hall.
The conference will be in Turkish. The will be no translation services.
The book can be attained online from Pandora Kitabevi.
Contact Person: Hülya Önalp
Telephone: 0 312 438 50 23-24
Fax: 0 312 438 50 26
E-mail: honalp@avim.org.tr
Venue : AVİM Conference Hall
Address : Süleyman Nazif Sok. No:12/B D.5 Çankaya / ANKARA
Date: 6 October 2016
Time : 14:30 – 17:00