The 70th Commemoration day of victims of Deportation against Crimean Tatars and a big explosion at a coal mine in Turkey
Last week was full of unexpected disaster and expected meetings. First, Crimean Tatars were prohibited to commemorate victims of Deportation in Akmescit (Crimea).
Second, three days of mourning have been declared in Turkey because of explosion in Soma coal mine, where 301 workers died.
Third, in Ankara the commemoration meeting of victims of Deportation of Crimean Tatars took place for the second time of the history of Crimean Tatars, who live in Turkey more than 2-3 centuries.
An explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey has left at least 301 workers dead and scores injured. 787 people had been inside the mine at Soma in Manisa province when an electrical fault triggered the blast. The electrical fault triggered a power cut, making the mine cages unusable. Those trapped are reported to be 2km (1.2 miles) below the surface and 4km from the mine entrance. The blast happened at about 12:30 GMT on May 13. Even in Gaziantep people gathered for the protest meeting. Turkish Government promised to start the detailed and serious investigation on what caused the explosion in the coal mine. May Allah help those families of people who were killed in an explosion.
At the same time the most important Day from me and for all Crimean Tatars was coming. 18th of May is an annual commemoration day of victims of deportation against Crimean Tatars. After the occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the local government of Crimea took a crucial decision on abandoning to hold the 70th annual commemoration day of victims of deportation against Crimean Tatars.
This year, 2014, it is the 70th annual commemoration day and I was thinking of holding some activities in Gaziantep, and the last day I took decision to go to Ankara, capital of Turkey, where the commemoration meeting took place for the second time of the history of Crimean Tatars, who live in Turkey more than 2-3 centuries.
The event was organized by the head office of Crimean Tatar Association of Culture and Mutual Aid in Ankara (Kırım Türkleri Kültür ve Yardımlaşma Derneği Genel Merkezi), with the support of Metropolitan of Ankara (municipality), and local offices of Crimean Tatar Association of Culture and Mutual Aid in different cities.
More than a thousand people gathered on one of the main squares in Ankara, Tandoğan Meydanı, to commemorate victims of deportation against Crimean Tatars. Many Crimean Tatar Associations from different cities participated at the meeting, as well as known politicians, journalist Zafer Karatay, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Sergiy Korsunsk, Chairman of the head office of Crimean Tatar Association of Culture and Mutual Aid in Ankara Tuncer Kalkay. They expressed their worries about the current situation of Crimean Tatars in Crimea and reminded to the international community that on May 18, 1944 a big crime was made against the Crimean Tatars - genocide - mass deportation occurred in Crimea.
The Crimean Tatars are the indigenous people of Crimea, a region on the northern coast of the Black Sea. The entire Crimean Tatar population in Crimea was deported to various “Special Settlement Camps” throughout the Urals, Siberia and Uzbekistan.
They noted that Human Rights defender, specifically of Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, who cannon now enter his motherland Crimea. People expressed their support to the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP, Mustafa Dzhemilev (Mustafa Abdülcemil Kırımoğlu), who recent time had been slapped with a 5-year entrance ban to Crimea by the Russian authorities.
Commemoration meeting was sanctioned. and Metropolitan of Ankara organized the emergency cars, police, traffic on the roads was stopped, etc.
This year mourning meeting devoted to the 70th anniversary of Deportation against the Crimean Tatar people was planned in Aqmescit (Simferopol), Crimea, but the last day was abandoned by the Government of Crimean Republic. During 20 years more than 20 thousand of Crimean Tatars were gathering at the main square in Akmescit annually, but now it is forbidden to gather and commemorate the victims of the Deportation. It is a fact which points to the Human Rights violation, my people still suffer, and continue to be discriminated.
At the same time the protest meeting devoted to the 70th anniversary of Deportation against the Crimean Tatar people was held in Istanbul (Turkey).
Reference. The Crimean Tatars are the indigenous people of Crimea, a region on the northern coast of the Black Sea. In 1783 Russia officially annexed Crimea, and a process of mass emigration began. Thousands of Crimean Tatars perished and mass deportations were carried out through the years until the early 20th century. The process peaked in 1944, when the entire Crimean Tatar population in Crimea was deported to various “Special Settlement Camps” throughout the Urals, Siberia and Uzbekistan.
The deportation of the Crimean Tatars started on May 18, 1944 and lasted till May 20. A major part of people were evicted to Uzbekistan (151,136 persons) and adjacent districts of Kazakhstan (4,286) and Tajikistan. The largest groups were sent to the Soviet Mari El Republic (8,597), Ural and Kostroma region.
Only about 55% of the population survived the process of deportation. A major part of the resettlers died of starvation and illnesses in the places of deportation in 1944-45. The number of the deceased strongly varies: from 15-25% according to various Soviet official bodies to 46% according to the estimates of the Crimean Tatar activists. Unlike other deported nations that had returned home in late 1950s, the Crimean Tatars were deprived of this right formally until 1974, and actually - until 1989. A large-scale return started only in late Perestroika in 1989.
The ban on return was finally lifted in 1988, but by then their territory was part of an independent Ukraine. Returnees encounter many difficulties, including securing citizenship, finding employment in Crimea, protection and cultural revival. The government has adopted a policy of allowing their return but not facilitating social re-integration into society. Consequently, many of the returnees have long lived without access to basic needs such as housing and infrastructure.
Second, three days of mourning have been declared in Turkey because of explosion in Soma coal mine, where 301 workers died.
Third, in Ankara the commemoration meeting of victims of Deportation of Crimean Tatars took place for the second time of the history of Crimean Tatars, who live in Turkey more than 2-3 centuries.
An explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey has left at least 301 workers dead and scores injured. 787 people had been inside the mine at Soma in Manisa province when an electrical fault triggered the blast. The electrical fault triggered a power cut, making the mine cages unusable. Those trapped are reported to be 2km (1.2 miles) below the surface and 4km from the mine entrance. The blast happened at about 12:30 GMT on May 13. Even in Gaziantep people gathered for the protest meeting. Turkish Government promised to start the detailed and serious investigation on what caused the explosion in the coal mine. May Allah help those families of people who were killed in an explosion.
At the same time the most important Day from me and for all Crimean Tatars was coming. 18th of May is an annual commemoration day of victims of deportation against Crimean Tatars. After the occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the local government of Crimea took a crucial decision on abandoning to hold the 70th annual commemoration day of victims of deportation against Crimean Tatars.
This year, 2014, it is the 70th annual commemoration day and I was thinking of holding some activities in Gaziantep, and the last day I took decision to go to Ankara, capital of Turkey, where the commemoration meeting took place for the second time of the history of Crimean Tatars, who live in Turkey more than 2-3 centuries.
The event was organized by the head office of Crimean Tatar Association of Culture and Mutual Aid in Ankara (Kırım Türkleri Kültür ve Yardımlaşma Derneği Genel Merkezi), with the support of Metropolitan of Ankara (municipality), and local offices of Crimean Tatar Association of Culture and Mutual Aid in different cities.
More than a thousand people gathered on one of the main squares in Ankara, Tandoğan Meydanı, to commemorate victims of deportation against Crimean Tatars. Many Crimean Tatar Associations from different cities participated at the meeting, as well as known politicians, journalist Zafer Karatay, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Sergiy Korsunsk, Chairman of the head office of Crimean Tatar Association of Culture and Mutual Aid in Ankara Tuncer Kalkay. They expressed their worries about the current situation of Crimean Tatars in Crimea and reminded to the international community that on May 18, 1944 a big crime was made against the Crimean Tatars - genocide - mass deportation occurred in Crimea.
The Crimean Tatars are the indigenous people of Crimea, a region on the northern coast of the Black Sea. The entire Crimean Tatar population in Crimea was deported to various “Special Settlement Camps” throughout the Urals, Siberia and Uzbekistan.
They noted that Human Rights defender, specifically of Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, who cannon now enter his motherland Crimea. People expressed their support to the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP, Mustafa Dzhemilev (Mustafa Abdülcemil Kırımoğlu), who recent time had been slapped with a 5-year entrance ban to Crimea by the Russian authorities.
Commemoration meeting was sanctioned. and Metropolitan of Ankara organized the emergency cars, police, traffic on the roads was stopped, etc.
This year mourning meeting devoted to the 70th anniversary of Deportation against the Crimean Tatar people was planned in Aqmescit (Simferopol), Crimea, but the last day was abandoned by the Government of Crimean Republic. During 20 years more than 20 thousand of Crimean Tatars were gathering at the main square in Akmescit annually, but now it is forbidden to gather and commemorate the victims of the Deportation. It is a fact which points to the Human Rights violation, my people still suffer, and continue to be discriminated.
At the same time the protest meeting devoted to the 70th anniversary of Deportation against the Crimean Tatar people was held in Istanbul (Turkey).
Reference. The Crimean Tatars are the indigenous people of Crimea, a region on the northern coast of the Black Sea. In 1783 Russia officially annexed Crimea, and a process of mass emigration began. Thousands of Crimean Tatars perished and mass deportations were carried out through the years until the early 20th century. The process peaked in 1944, when the entire Crimean Tatar population in Crimea was deported to various “Special Settlement Camps” throughout the Urals, Siberia and Uzbekistan.
The deportation of the Crimean Tatars started on May 18, 1944 and lasted till May 20. A major part of people were evicted to Uzbekistan (151,136 persons) and adjacent districts of Kazakhstan (4,286) and Tajikistan. The largest groups were sent to the Soviet Mari El Republic (8,597), Ural and Kostroma region.
Only about 55% of the population survived the process of deportation. A major part of the resettlers died of starvation and illnesses in the places of deportation in 1944-45. The number of the deceased strongly varies: from 15-25% according to various Soviet official bodies to 46% according to the estimates of the Crimean Tatar activists. Unlike other deported nations that had returned home in late 1950s, the Crimean Tatars were deprived of this right formally until 1974, and actually - until 1989. A large-scale return started only in late Perestroika in 1989.
The ban on return was finally lifted in 1988, but by then their territory was part of an independent Ukraine. Returnees encounter many difficulties, including securing citizenship, finding employment in Crimea, protection and cultural revival. The government has adopted a policy of allowing their return but not facilitating social re-integration into society. Consequently, many of the returnees have long lived without access to basic needs such as housing and infrastructure.
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