Turkeyâ??s Circassians were exiled to the Ottoman Empire in the wake of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in 1864, resettling most notably in the Danubian provinces, Thessaly, Syria, Central Anatolia and the southern shores of the Sea of Marmara. Drawing parallels between the experiences of the Circassians and those of the Kurds in Turkey, this is a clearly written and informative book