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Disinfo: Historical tensions between Georgia and Abkhazia to blame on Turkey

Summary

Alienation between Georgians and Abkhaz is linked to the ethnic Turk, Konstantin Ozgan, who acted on the instructions of Turkey and Muslim North Caucasians.

Disproof

No fact confirms any political links between the Turkish state and Konstantin Ozgan, who was actively involved in the political unrest in Abkhazia and held senior positions in Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and later in occupied Abkhazia. Ozgan was a Soviet Army major and has been awarded an Honorary Order. Further debunking at Myth Detector.

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Asaval-Dasavali (printed outlet)
  • Reported in: Issue89
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 24/11/2017
  • Language/target audience: Georgian
  • Country: Georgia
  • Keywords: Abkhazia, USSR, Historical revisionism

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