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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Displaced Turks embrace their newfound stability

"Displaced Turks embrace their newfound stability
Families establish roots in Louisville

By Katya Cengel
kcengel@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

When Rustam Safarov is asked whether he is Turkish or Georgian, he laughs.

'That is a very hard question,' he replies -- in Russian.

The answer is even more complicated.

Safarov is Meskhetian Turk, a classification that has meant a life in exile. His first language is Turkish, his second, Uzbek, his third, Russian."

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