Ayşe Seitmuratova

Ayşe Seitmuratova (also romanized as Aishe or Ayshe; Crimean Tatar Cyrillic: Айше Сеитмуратова; 11 February 1937 – 1 June 2025) was a Soviet-born Uzbekistani Crimean Tatar civil rights activist. She met U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and 1988. She took part in many human rights conferences. She became a journalist for the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America, talking about the issues affecting the Crimean Tatar people and their history, including of russification efforts by Russia. 

Seitmuratova died on 1 June 2025 in Russian-occupied Crimea at the age of 88.

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