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in Turkey refers to citizens and denizens of Turkey who are, or descend from, the Tatars of Crimea.

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History

Before the 20th century, Crimean Tatars had immigrated from Crimea to Turkey in three waves: First, after the Russian annexation of Crimea in 1783; second, after the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

of 1853–56; third, after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78.Peter Alford Andrews, Rüdiger Benninghaus,''Ethnic groups in the Republic of Turkey''
Vol. 2, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1989, Wiesbaden, , p. 87., Peter Alford Andrews, Türkiye'de Etnik Gruplar, ANT Yayınları, Aralık 1992, , s.116-118.

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{{Demographics of Turkey Demographics of Turkey Crimean Tatar diaspora European diaspora in Turkey