Melungeon Voices S2 E5 – Onur Kaya
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- UPDATED: 8.10.2025
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- Melungeons, Origin Theory, History, Populations, Race+Ethnicity
date:
10.15.2021
length:
33 min
podcast:
presenter:
producer:
Lis Malone (Lis Malone LLC)
host:
Heather Andolina (MHA President)
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description:
Onur Kaya is a Professor at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy, located in Burdur, Turkey. He has written several published articles and papers, as well as presented at many Academic conferences. The Melungeon people are one of his main research areas and the subject of his PhD thesis. In this episode, Onur joins Heather from his home country of Turkey, to share his extensive research on the surprising, Turkish-Melungeon connection.
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