Crimean Tatars Rally To Commemorate 1944 Deportations Daily Sabah Hundreds of crimean tatars gathered saturday in turkey's capital to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of their deportation by the soviet union and the. A man reacts during a rally marking the anniversary of the mass deportation of crimean tatars from the region in 1944, in yevpatoriya, crimea, may 18, 2021. (reuters photo) turkey's foreign ministry on tuesday reiterated the country's determination to stand by the crimean tatar turks, marking the 77th anniversary of the forceful mass.
Crimean Tatars Rally To Remember 1944 Deportations Turkey also commemorated the expulsion of crimean tatars. "on the night of 17 18 may 1944, approximately 250.000 crimean tatars were torn away from their motherland. tens of thousands of crimean tatars perished under the inhumane circumstances of this exile, carried out 75 years ago. On 18 may 2021 the crimean solidarity group said prayers and commemorations of the victims of the 1944 deportations were held in towns and villages across crimea, despite warnings by russia imposed authorities not to hold unsanctioned public events. Video produced by ayla bakkalli, representative of the crimean tatar mejlis in the u.s., edited by damian kolodiy. on the morning of may 18, 1944, the soviet government initiated a special operation in crimea: the deportation of crimean tatars (kirimli) to the urals and central asia. world war ii, which ended in may 1945, was still raging. The deportation of the crimean tatars (crimean tatar: qırımtatar halqınıñ sürgünligi, cyrillic: Къырымтатар халкъынынъ сюргюнлиги) or the sürgünlik ('exile') was the ethnic cleansing and the cultural genocide [c 1] of at least 191,044 [c 2] crimean tatars that was carried out by soviet union authorities from 18 to 20 may 1944, supervised by lavrentiy.
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