The Republic of Türkiye and Ukraine: Using the Crimean Tatar Question in Foreign Policy after 2014
Journal: Vestnik RUDN International Relations
Year: 2022

In historical retrospect, the use of national issues and contradictions has repeatedly become the weakening mechanisms for some great powers in regard to others. In this case, various technologies to construct national myths and ideologies based on tribalism and national exclusiveness and superiority were applied. After the “Crimean spring” in 2014, the Crimean Tatar issue gained a new level of relevance. The Republic of Türkiye and Ukraine are actively using the Crimean Tatar factor to oppose t