A total of 88 Ahıska Turks living in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, where the war with Russia continues, were transferred to Turkey via Russia and Georgia on the initiative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
"Our 88 Ahıska brothers and sisters, who were stranded in the city of Kherson in Ukraine, were brought to our country through Russia and Georgia upon our initiatives. Welcome to your homeland!" Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday.
Turkey will continue to stand by Ahıska Turks wherever they are, Çavuşoğlu added.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine this year, Turkey evacuated several groups of Ahıska Turks from the region in eastern Ukraine.
The latest rescue mission brings the number of Ahıska Turks evacuated and placed in an accommodation center in Turkey since the start of the war to 1,201.
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