Konya Vefat Edenler

Çalışmada ile yılları arasında Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin Florida Eyaleti’nin Jacksonville şehrine göç eden Ahıska Türklerinin kimliklerini oluşturan unsurlar, göç süreci içerisinde ele alınmıştır. Araştırmanın amacı, Ahıska Türklerinin Amerika’ya göç etme nedenlerinin, yaşadıkları sorunların ve göç sürecinin Ahıska kimliği üzerindeki yansımalarının ortaya konulmasıdır. Araştırmanın verileri, yılının Ocak-Mart ayları süresince Jacksonville’de yaşayan Ahıska Türklerinden elde edilmiştir. Ahıska Türklerinin sosyal gerçekliklerini onların bakış açılarından anlamak önemli olduğu için çalışmada 9 Ahıska Türkü ile derinlemesine görüşme yapılmış ve gündelik hayatlarını geçirdikleri mekânlarda katılımlı gözlem gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada Ahıska Türklerinin ABD’ye göç etmeden önce maruz kaldıkları ayrımcılık, en önemli sorun olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Bunun yanı sıra Ahıska Türklerinin ABD’ye zorunlu olarak ve akrabalarıyla birlikte göç ettikleri ve göç ettikten sonra da Ahıska kimliğinin temel unsurlarını korudukları gözlenmiştir. Ahıska Türklerinin kimliğini belirleyen temel unsurlar ise Türklük, Türkçe ve Müslümanlık olarak saptanmıştır. In this study, elements constituting identities of Ahiska Turks who migrated to Jacksonville, Florida, between and was tackled in terms of migration process. The objective of this study is to present the reasons why the Ahiska Turks migrated to United States, the problems they faced before migration, and the effects of migration process on their identities. Data are obtained during January-March, from Ahiska Turks who live in Jacksonville, Florida. In-depth interviews with 9 Ahiska Turks and the participant observation was conducted in spaces where they spend their daily lives by forming an interaction in order to comprehend their social realities from their own point of view. The study revealed that discrimination toward Ahiska Turks before their migration to the United States was the most important problem they had. Further, It was observed that the Ahiska Turks involuntarily migrated to the United States with their families and they preserved the fundamental elements of their identities after their migration. Moreover, the basic elements determining the identity of Ahiska Turks are found to be Turkishness, Turkish, and Islam.

Collection of gold jewelry found during archeological excavations in Azerbaijan is an essential source for study of historical culture and socioeconomical level not only for the developments in Azerbaijan but also neighboring countries for more than four thousand years. Noteworthy, the study of unique designs and decorative techniques for applying fine gold jewelry by various processes, used technology pertaining to the earliest period, addresses the question related to origin and development of jewelry art in Azerbaijan. This article aims to present the study of jewelry art history that emerged in complex executable filigree and granulation techniques, based upon archeological artifacts. This article examines the oldest examples of gold jewelry found in archeological sites of Azerbaijan concerning the 2nd and 1st millenniums BC. Furthermore, the paper presents the outcomes of the study achieved in filigree and grain techniques. Museum pieces allow us to trace the emergence and development of chronological sequence of jewelry grain producing. According to the studies, the earliest filigree decorative techniques for applying jewelry that emerged in the Middle Bronze age (2nd millenniums BC.). The unique item pertaining to the 2nd millenniums BC., is the golden rod, molded shape with images of bull’s head decorated with exquisite rows of granules on the forehead, ears and neck, apparently representing the regalia of power. Samples of false grain fixed on seven identical earrings dating from the VIII BC., found in Mingechevir testify about not only fashion of the grain, but also prove the high craftsmanship of jewelers in filigree techniques. There are diverse and sophisticated numerous jewelry antiquities indicated by their compositional structure (III in. B.C-III century A.D), where there are soldered grains in the form of grape bunches. The results show us not only the local origin of grain jewelry, but also a high level of development of elite society and jewelers in the Middle Bronze Age. There is a reason to believe that, property differentiation during the Middle Bronze Age in Azerbaijan had already occurred in the proto-urban societies.