Yalıboylu

The Yalıboylu (Template:Lang-crh) are an ethnic group of Crimean Tatars who have traditionally lived along the southern shore (Template:Lang-crh) of the Crimean peninsula, hence their name: Yalıboylu means "coastal dwellers" in the Crimean Tatar language. They have lost they traditional settlement during Stalin's ethnic cleansing of Crimea in 1943-1944 (see Deportation of Crimean Tatars). The Yalıboylu dialect belongs to Oghuz languages and is very close to the Turkish language. According to the Soviet anthropologist of the early 20th centrury B.Kuftin, spoke "almost pure southern-Turkish" . Their homeland is Yalta. They are mixed with Greeks, Italians, Armenians, Eastern Turkish, Persians, Assyrians, Cypriots, Levant's, and coastal Arabs. They cook Middle Eastern cuisine. Their tradition is Middle Eastern. They are closer to their neighboring Iranian Tats, and divide themselves from the rest ethnic Tatar groups, such as Nogai, and Bakhchisaray Crimean Tatars. Yaliboyu always live near coastal sea areas. Tats and Yaliboylu Tatars live in many different villages in Yalta. For example if you have certain heritage such as Greek Yaliboylu Tatar and another family is Italian Yaliboylu Tatar, they mix together without any conflicts. They are skillful in gardening, and craft making. They are Sunni Muslims. The number that resides in Crimea is about 100,000.