The Turkish factor in the Crimean Tatar ethnopolitical process
Journal: Общество политика экономика право
Year: 2018

The paper considers the Turkish factor which affects the Crimean Tatar ethnopolitical process. The historical impact of Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) on the Crimean Peninsula is investigated. The study deter-mines the mental attitude of Turkey towards the Crimean Tatar segment in Crimea. The research ana-lyzes the diaspora prerequisites for the influence of the Turkish state on the ethnopolitical processes arising in Crimea. The author defines the ideological platform of pan-Turkism as an ideologi