Most studies on diaspora regard the experience and a memory of displacement and resettlement as significant formations of diasporic identity. Based on in-depth interviews, this paper is an attempt to explore the narratives of Circassian diaspora activists and intellectuals in Turkey on displacement and (re)settlement. In the narratives of Circassian activists and intellectuals, displacement and resettlement is associated with the (re)production of fear, silence, rootlessness, and political impotence in Turkey. I argue that through the unveiling of silence, fear, rootlessness and political inefficacy that are associated with the processes of displacement and resettlement, Circassian activists redefine and transform Circassian identity and diasporic experience as agents.