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 Ê Autumn / 2009 Ê Number 51: 139-170 

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The Socio-Economic Problems of The Nagorno 

Karabakh Emigrants 

Osman Özkul

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Hüseyin Vermez

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Abstract: The aim of this research is to analyze the socio-economic 

problems of the Nagorno Karabakh community after they became 

refugees by being coerced into emigration. The topic of the research is 

the problem of “asylum-seeking” and “forced emigration”, which 

started at the end of the 1980s. This paper first gives an account of the 

forced emigrations which occurred in the 19th century in order to pro-

vide a general framework of the topic. That is why the discussion be-

gins with the refugee problem in Azerbaijan and focuses on and ana-

lyzes the effects of the problem on socio-economic life from a historical 

viewpoint. The paper then attempts to explain how the plans concern-

ing the estrangement of Azerbaijanis from their national identity and 

the apportionment of Azerbaijani territory were systematized through 

the Armenian question. 

 

 Key Words: Nagorno Karabakh Emigrants, Azerbaijan, Armenia, 

Forced Emigration, Forced Emigrant, Socio-Economic Problems. 

 

 

 

                                           

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 Sakarya University, Department of Sociology / SAKARYA 

 [e-mail] 

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 Sakarya University, Institute of Social Sciences / SAKARYA 

  [e-mail] 

 

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