Perception of Homeland among Crimean Tatars: Cases from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Crimea
Journal: OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University)
Year: 2010

Crimean Tatars have been experiencing the loss of homeland since the Russian invasion of Crimea in 1783, which caused massive waves of migration especially to the Ottoman Empire. The loss of homeland culminated in Stalin's strategic deportations. Crimean Tatars were deported from Crimea to Central Asia in 1944 and obtained the right to return to their homeland in 1989. Since then, the return process has continued. Considering that the construction of the myth of homeland is an effective instrume