Crimean Tatar
Americannoun
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a member of a Turkic people who lived in the Crimea before emigration to Anatolia in the 18th and 19th centuries and deportations to Soviet central Asia after World War II.
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the Turkic language of the Crimean Tatars.
Example Sentences
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There are reported to be strong links to the peninsula's Turkic-speaking Crimean Tatar population - although representatives of that community who the BBC spoke to said they did not start Atesh.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
Jamaladinova, who performs under the stage name Jamala, is of Crimean Tatar descent.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
A 41-year-old ex-lawmaker and Crimean Tatar, Umerov has headed Ukraine's State Property Fund since September 2022 and played a role in sensitive wartime negotiations on, for instance, the Black Sea grain deal.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
He describes his ancestry as mirroring the city’s rich traditional cosmopolitan mix of Jewish, Greek, and Crimean Tatar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
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