Émigré, Exile, Diaspora, and Transnational Movements of the Crimean Tatars

Filiz Tutku Aydın is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Explaining Long-Distance Nationalism.- Chapter 3. Crimean Tatar community in the Soviet Union (1944 – 1991): A Case in Exile Nationalism.- Chapter 4. The Crimean Tatar community in Romania (1900-): From Exile to Diaspora Nationalism.- Chapter 5. The Crimean Tatar community in Turkey (1908-): From Emigre to Diaspora Nationalism.- Chapter 6. The Crimean Tatar community in the US (1960-): From Émigré to Diaspora Nationalism.- Chapter 7. Comparison of Cases and Conclusion: Towards a Transitional Nation?

“This work significantly advances our conceptual and empirical knowledge. It generates a new conceptual understanding by utilizing the framing processes and creates a useful typology that might inspire many other diaspora researchers. … it is also helpful for those who desire to understand the historical dynamics of contemporary Crimean politics, Crimean Tatars’ relationships with the Russian regime as well as the persecutions and forcible movements to which they have been exposed in the post-annexation period.” (Oğuzhan Ozdemir, Eurasian Geography and Economics, February 14, 2023)