Prof. George Hewitt

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GEORGE HEWITT'S STORY AND ABKHAZIA'S CURRENT TOPICS

9 May 2002, Agency Caucasus By Fehim Tastekin - Zeynel Abidin Besleney

Part III

The Best is Federation or Confederation

- Tension has risen in Abkhazia since the entry of Ruslan Gelayev and his men to Kodor Gorge last September. Scenarios have been produced as to possible Georgian plans to re-attack Abkhazia. Do you think it is realistic to consider that the Georgians may try to repeat what they did in 1992 regardless of the presence of the UN and the CIS Peacekeepers and of the current state of affairs that are different from that of 1992?

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GEORGE HEWITT'S STORY AND ABKHAZIA'S CURRENT TOPICS

9 May 2002, Agency Caucasus By Fehim Tastekin - Zeynel Abidin Besleney

Part II

Heritage in Yorkshire

- Now with your permission, I would like to talk about your family life. How much of Abkhazian culture do you think is practised in your household or in other words do you think that your wife brought with hers some Abkhazian culture into your family?

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GEORGE HEWITT'S STORY AND ABKHAZIA'S CURRENT TOPICS

9 May 2002, Agency Caucasus By Fehim Tastekin - Zeynel Abidin Besleney

George Hewitt in short

George Hewitt is a controversial figure. He is a professor of Caucasian languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Beside the numerous articles he has written on the languages and the politics of the Caucasus, he is in the unique position of being the author of both Georgian and Abkhaz grammars. He is married to Zaira Hewitt, an Abkhazian. They have two daughters named Amra and Gunda, respectively.