The Crimean Tatars: A Quarter of a Century after Their Return – Andrew Wilson

Title: The Crimean Tatars: A Quarter of a Century after Their Return
Author: Andrew Wilson

The Crimean Tatars: A Quarter of a Century after Their Return [Wilson]

Abstract

The article looks at the position of the Crimean Tatars, seventy years after their mass Deportation from Crimea in 1944, and twenty-five years since they were able to begin to return to Crimea in 1989. It concentrates on the politics of their position since Viktor Yanukovych was elected President of Ukraine in 2010, looking at arguments within their ranks and at government attempts to play ‘divide and rule’.

Keywords

Ukraine; Minority rights; Crimea; Crimean Tatars; Political technology

Metadata

Title: The Crimean Tatars: A Quarter of a Century after Their Return
Author: Andrew Wilson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02404012
Language: English
Year: 2013
Volume: 24
Issue: 3–4
Pages: 418–431
In: Security and Human Rights
E-ISSN: 1875-0230