Formation of modern Turkic nations and the problem of self-designation
Journal: Crimean Historical Review
Year: 2024

In the late 19th – first half of the 20th centuries, many Turkic peoples, including the Crimean Tatars, were in the process of developing modern national identity. The legacy of Middle Ages, when a person`s belonging to a certain religion, region, tribe or clan was of primary importance, was gradually becoming a thing of past. Gradually, a secular national identity and a single literary language emerged. The historical past was rethought. In many cases, disputes about a self-designation of a nat