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Revision as of 23:01, 2 March 2014
Milliy Fırqa is a Crimean Tatar non-government organization. Its name is taken from the former party Milliy Fırqa which was banned by the Soviet authorities in 1921.
In the summer of 1993 radical Crimean Tatars, led by the head of Bahçisaray Mejlis İlmi Umerov, announced their intention to reestablish the Milliy Fırqa. According to Umerov, the Milliy Fırqa would struggle against both Russia and Ukraine as well as the local Crimean authorities. Moreover, Umerov declared that their aim was a national state of the Crimean Tatar people, on all territory of the Crimea, in which ethnic Crimean Tatars will receive priority treatment.[1]
The current leader is Vasvi Abduraimov.
The organization has generally been in opposition to the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. In September 2008 Abduraimov gained considerable notoriety through a letter to Medvedev, Putin and the president of Tatarstan, calling on the Russian Federation “to defend the indigenous and other small ethnic groups in the Crimea from the nationalist-leaning official authorities in Ukraine”. This came at a time when the war between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia was prompting the international community to pay closer attention to the Crimea. Abduraimov’s action was condemned by most Crimean Tatars,[2] including members of Milliy Fırqa.[3] In 2010 Abduraimov asked the Tatars not to support any candidate for the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election.[4]
Despite marginal support, Abduraimov and the Milliy Fırqa has been a preferred partner for the Ukrainian government under Yanukovich,[5] as well as for the Crimean local authorities under Mogilev. Before the 2013 May 18 Crimean Tatar Remembrance Day of Victims of the Deportation, the Simferopol City Council first announced that they were going to ban the event. Later, Crimean authorities accepted a proposal from the Milliy Fırqa, who would now be responsible for the event. Faced with protests also from Crimean Tatar diaspora organizations from Europe, the United States and Turkey, the Milliy Fırqa withdrew from the Remembrance Day altogether on May 10.[6]
References
- ^ "Sources Of Ethnic Conflicts And Conflict Resolution In Crimean Peninsula: Deportation (Sürgün), Repatriation And Crimean Tatars". turkishweekly.net. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "UNPO: Crimean Tatars: Worrying Political Manoeuvres By Ukrainian Government:". unpo.org. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Abduraimov, author of a scandalous appeal forced to resign". khpg.org.ua. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Several members leave Milli Fırqa - Crimean News Agency". qha.com.ua. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Encouraging a Pan-Islamic Caliphate in Crimea?". ukrainianweek.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Jamestown Foundation: Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar Deportation; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 94, 17. Mai 2013". ecoi.net. Retrieved 2014-03-01.