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

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: ''Милли фирка'') was a

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, which transferred en masse to the

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s during the

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. Noman Çelebicihan, Asan Sabri Ayvazov, and

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

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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