Milliy Firqa ( crh, Milliy Fırqa, ملی فرقا - ''National Party'',

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: ''Милли фирка'') was a

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

political group in

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

, which transferred en masse to the

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

s during the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

Noman Çelebicihan Noman Çelebicihan ( crh, نعمان چلبى جهان, ''Numan Çelebicihan''; 1885 – 23 February 1918) was a Crimean Tatar politician, lawyer, mufti of Crimean Muslims, and writer. He was the President of the short-lived independent Crimean ...

, Asan Sabri Ayvazov, and

Cafer Seydamet Qırımer Cafer Seydamet (1 September 1889 – 3 April 1960), also known by his adopted surname Qırımer, was a Crimean Tatar politician and writer who was one of the founders and leaders of Milliy Firqa and Crimean People's Republic. He served as P ...

established the group in 1917. At the time, they eventually seized control of the state in an attempt to foster a Crimean Tatar identity.''The Crimean Tatars: The Diaspora Experience and the Forging of a Nation'' by Brian Glyn Williams, 2001, Brill, Leiden and Boston Soviet authorities banned the party in 1921.

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