Talk:Adjarians

Recent additions
@Lemabeta: stop adding false information and removing sources.

For instance here you added this source that is about inhabitants on Adjara, but there are Adjarians outside of Adjara and non-Adjarians in Adjara.

And here: of course Adjarians in Turkey speak Turkish (I know so many of them...). a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 21:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@A455bcd9 By the context its clear its talking about Adjarians, as it mentions ethnic Georgians.--Lemabeta (talk) 21:58, 22 January 2024 (UTC)


 * There are ethnic Georgians speaking the Adjarian dialect in Turkey. And they're Muslim. Whether you like it or not. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 22:00, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @A455bcd9 Then it needs to be mentioned, that you are talking about Adjarians of Turkey, also Turkish language isn't native language of Adjarians, if you write Turkish language because of Adjarians of Turkey, then it should be included that Adjarians of Turkey speak Turkish as well but not overall population of Adjarians. Moreover hateful text that you wrote needs to be deleted as it doesn't have any place in this text. Majority of Georgians don't view Adjarians as turkified second class Georgians. Little minority did in the past but it doesn't apply to the majority of Georgians. Lemabeta (talk) 22:08, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @A455bcd9 Also Adjarians of Turkey shouldn't be mentioned in this page because it has separate page dedicated towards them. They are known as Chveneburebi. They are Muhajirs from Adjara. Lemabeta (talk) 22:15, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Alaexis @TimothyBlue, I have a feeling of a déjà vu... a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 07:55, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Lemabeta: the template says "Languages", not "Native language". And the source is about Adjarians from Adjara living in Georgia, not about Adjarians in Turkey. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 07:58, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Regarding the Turkish language, the source makes it clear that only a minority of Ajarians in Ajara speak it. I've clarified it in the infobox. Alaexis¿question? 08:23, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. I don't know if we have data on the linguistic make up, for instance, do ethnic Adjarians still speak the Adjarian dialect? Do non-Adjarian Georgians living in Adjara speak the Adjarian dialect? I couldn't find anything back then when I edited this page. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 09:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Adjarians are Georgians and majority of them are Christians.
@A455bcd9 Why are you inciting hatred by mentioning something that has nothing to do with the majority of Georgians? You mentioned "but many Georgians see Muslim Adjarians as second-class "Turkicized" Georgians" Even if its written by someone that doesn't mean its true nowadays. Most Georgians dont view them as turkicified Georgians and moreover they embraced Christianity.. As i already provided the source of Adjarians being majority Christians i will also be changing the "also known as Muslim Georgians" because it doesn't apply to them. Muslim Georgians is said about Meskhetian Georgians of Turkey. Lemabeta (talk) 21:55, 22 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Stop edit warring. Bring sources. George 2009, p. 23 says that Adjarians are also called "Muslim Georgians". They've been called like this for centuries, although you're right, recently many have converted. We already have a footnote about that: "However, many Ajdarians have converted to Christianity since the fall of the Soviet Union.[4]" a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 21:57, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Lemabeta, previously this source was used to assert that the majority of Ajarans are Orthodox. Can you provide the page number please? Alaexis¿question? 08:28, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Page 3: "more recent figures indicate that Adjara’s confessional makeup is approximately 65% Christian and 30% Muslim". (the source is a Working Paper btw) From what I remember George 2009 addresses this point saying that non-Adjarians migrated to Adjara and Adjarians left Adjara so that the religion of current inhabitants of Adjara does not reflect the religious makeup of ethnic Adjarians. Also, historically, Adjarian meant Muslim Georgian, which makes the situation more confusing. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 08:34, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * George doesn't mentions migrations on pages 101-103 where the demography of Ajara is discussed, can you check where you saw it?
 * I agree that this question is complicated by the definition of Ajarans. If they are "Muslim Georgians" then they are by definition all Muslim, however I don't think that this is how this term is used now. Unless we have a more detailed breakdown of the population of Ajara into "aborigines" and recent arrivals from the rest of Georgia, I think the best option is to list both Christianity and Islam in the infobox without saying which one is followed by the majority of Ajarans. Alaexis¿question? 13:25, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hm, I don't have the whole book anymore on my computer. But if you look at the sources in Adjara: in 1878, "Many Adjarians emigrated to Turkey.[13][12] This was followed by an influx of Christians from Kakheti, resulting in a change of demographics."
 * I agree with you, I removed the "majority"/"minority" mentions. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 14:23, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Alaexis Kakhetian who migrated to Adjara will never call himself Adjarian, as the last names of each region of Georgia differ and is visible who is Kakhetian, who is Rachian or Megrel or Imeretian, therefore identifying who is Adjarian and who is not, is not a problem for a Georgian person who is knowledgeable. So when the source mentions Adjarian, it will mean true Adjarian and not a Kakhetian who migrated to Adjara. Lemabeta (talk) 20:53, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I think that the issue has been resolved already. Is there something you'd like to change in the article? Alaexis¿question? 11:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Those statistics are wrong. At the time of the 2014 Georgian census, Adjara was 55% Orthodox Christian and 40% Muslim. Ricardolindo2 (talk) 18:13, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Outdated information has been removed
One source was used in the article to claim that Adjarian identity is at odds with the Georgian. This information is outdated. The source itself uses the past tense - "Although most Adjarians considered themselves Georgians, they also knew that many Georgians considered Adjarians "Turks" or at least second-class "Turkicized" Georgians because of their difference in religion". Pay attention to "considered", this was the problem of the past. Even this cited source later says: "Adjarians today are a modern and quite secular people, many of whom consider themselves agnostic". Ancestors of Adjarians were Chiristians, but they were Islamized during Turkish rule, but in 1990s almost all converted back to Christianity. In 1989 Adjara had 392 707 residents and 75% were Muslim, while in 2014 (latest statistic) Adjara has 333 953 people and 65% are Christian. Nowadays, Adjarians are considered by everyone as full Georgian like other Georgians. They were considered "turkicized" by some when they were occupied and annexed by Turkish empire, but not anymore, since majority is now Christian. The problem is of the past and outdated. The term "Adjaria" is not anymore associated with Islam or anything, this was so only in the past. 180.248.13.155 (talk) 01:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)


 * It has been added again, correctly, IMO.
 * Not almost all Adjarians converted to Georgian Orthodoxy in the 1990s. Many have but not almost all and many have done so in the decades since then.
 * Also, you are wrong, at the of the 2014 Georgian census, Adjara was 55% Orthodox Christian, not 65%. Ricardolindo2 (talk) 16:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Protect page from vandalism
Someone is deleting totally sourced information with no reasons provided and no explanation, please anyone protect the page from such vandalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adjarians&diff=1223449811&oldid=1223407467 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.181.95.10 (talk) 09:10, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Nonsense in the article
Please protect the page from vandalism and nonsense, Abashidze was appointed as Adjara's head by Gamsakhurdia and he was elected as a representative of Round Table, he did not fight Gamsakhurdia, he became semi-independent only after coup against Gamsakhurdia and Shevardnadze's accession. Please include this information into the article instead of nonsense about some sort of identity struggle between Adjarains and the rest of Georgians. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.64.173.55 (talk) 14:59, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Evidence of the position

 * There is a direct statement of Gamsakhurdia regarding the issue of autonomy in Adjara - he considered that it should have been decided only by the referendum by Adjara's people. If Gamsakhurdia's position is included in the article, why should this source not be used? Why should it be ommitted that he said that the issue should be decided only by referendum by Adjara's people?
 * Source: https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/handle/1234/38333 p. 31
 * Additional, secondary sources confirming Gamsakhurdia's position that he thought that the issue of existence of autonomy should be decided only by Adjarians themselves through referendum and that he would not interfere:
 * https://repo.journalnx.com/index.php/nx/article/download/715/704/1401 (in English)
 * https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/335176/1/Kartvelologiis_Aktualuri_Problemebi_2019_N8.pdf (the article "The Government of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Constitutional Problems of Georgia" in Georgian)
 * Just because these articles are published by Georgian universities does not means that they are unreliable. Also, Mosiashvili (author of first article) is an associate professor.
 * There is enough evidence to include this in the article.
 * Active users of this page, , please help to decide on this issue.