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.
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