Crimean Tatars
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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''](_blank)
Vol. 2, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1989, Wiesbaden, , p. 87., Peter Alford Andrews, Türkiye'de Etnik Gruplar, ANT Yayınları, Aralık 1992, , s.116-118.
References
{{Demographics of Turkey
Demographics of Turkey
Crimean Tatar diaspora
European diaspora in Turkey