Georgia to bring Meskhetian Turks back

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said at a PACE session that Meskhetian Turks will be granted citizenship and will be able to return back to Georgia as fast as possible.

700 people Meskhetian Turks want to return to Georgia.

Commenting on ethnic minorities, Ivanishvili said that the government wanted to help them integrate. The problem was poor knowledge of the local language.

Georgia has been realizing the program to help Meskhetian Turks return for many years. They were deported to Middle Asia in 1944.

Adapted from: Vestnik Kavkaza