Change in the Status of the Crimean Tatars: from National Minority to Indigenous People?
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2018

Starting from the 1950s the term “indigenous peoples” has gaineda tenacious worldwide popularity thanks to growing academic focuson the rights of Indian and Inuit peoples. Contiguous normativeefforts of some influential international organizations such as International Labour Organization, World Bank, and United Nations alsoencouraged the instrumentalization of the term by some right-seeking disadvantaged groups. Since the 1990s, the Crimean Tatars havealso strived to be recognized as “indigenou