Already 20 years have passed since the massive return of the Crimean Tatars to Crimea and still suffering people are fighting for their rights and native land.
Back in 1989, when the majority of the Crimean Tatars returned to Crimea have faced with stiff resistance of the local authorities, and it was known that the ‘paradise’ - the Crimean peninsula would not be returned to the indigenous people. The Communist authorities were taking all possible and not possible methods in order do not the Crimean Tatars let return to Crimea.
July 1989, this date was the first self-resetting of land by the Crimean Tatars, which became the main method of getting the land for the building of individual housing (Qarasuvbazar (Belogorsk) raion, Zuya town).
Today, hundreds of self-resetting is the places of compact residence of the Crimean Tatars, there are houses were built, planted gardens and vegetable gardens, the fruits of which are enjoyed by those who did not want the Crimean Tatar people’s return. The new ‘protest’s glades’ are along with more or less settling areas. This is proof of there is the land problem and the problem of the national superiority on the territory of the Crimean peninsula.
One of such current ‘protest’s glades’ is Qurban-Koy (near Chistenke (Achı Qal) town), where people try somehow to arrange their hard life already fourth years without the charms.
“Do we have no rights to get at least a few hundred parts of land on our homeland in order to live and bring up our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. After all, we left them all, have taken nothing from our homes. There live Russians in my parents' house, where I spent my childhood, which is located in Bahchasaray near the Khan's palace, on the Ostrovsky Street (the old name Torgaylar Malesi) and I cannot evict them out, but they drub us. I am 70 years old, but I am full of strength and will not retreat a single step. For all days I knit the washcloths, sell them adding the part of my pension, which amounts 671 hryvnyas and buy some building materials. Thanks Allah, the foundation is already poured” - The most elderly resident of Qurban-Koy Safinar Mamet has described her life.
Also Safinar Mamet added that during the time that they are there “no one: neither the authorities nor ‘medzhlisovtsy’ (representatives of the Majlis) - did not come and ask how we live in such conditions, except for the International human rights organizations and journalists”.
The residents of the ‘protest’s glade’ live in constant fear because most men work during the daytime and Qurban-Koy is protected only by women.
“From time to time we feel like in a law martial, there are men in camouflages on a hill inspect the ‘glade’ with the help of binoculars” - Elzara Muradasil complains.
“We hope that we will live, as all civilized society - to build our homes, kindergartens, schools, planted gardens, parks, enjoying with all the benefits of our country, we will live and bring up the younger generation of the Indigenous Peoples of Crimea – the Crimean Tatars” – the residents of Qurban-Koy stated their hope for the future.
By QHA
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