Ayşe Seitmuratova (Russian: Айше Сеитмуратова; born 11 February 1937) is a Crimean Tatar civil rights activist.
Ayşe Seitmuratova | |
|---|---|
| Айше Сеитмуратова | |
| Born | 11 February 1937 Acı Eli village, Crimean ASSR, USSR |
| Awards | Order For Courage |
Biography edit
Born in Crimea shortly before the Surgun, she survived deportation as a child and lived for many years as a “special settler”, rendering her a second-class citizen. After academic opportunities that she overqualified for were denied to her because of the “special settler” designation that was applied to her only because of her ethnicity,[1] she became an active member of the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement. After advocating for some of the most draconian restrictions on Crimean Tatar civil rights to be lifted and meeting with Soviet leadership, she continued to lobby Moscow for the right of return[2] – something granted to most other deported nations, but not Crimean Tatars. Detained and imprisoned by Soviet authorities on multiple occasions, she threatened self-immolation in Red Square if their persecution continued. Her advocacy attracted the attention of Andrey Sakharov and an American senator, who helped her through the difficult process of emigrating from the Soviet Union. Before eventually being able to return to Crimea after a long political battle she met president Ronald Reagan and participated in many human rights conferences. Despite not supporting the Russian annexation of Crimea, she is currently highly critical of some of the actions of Mustafa Dzhemilev and his Mejilis faction.[3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ Steel, Jonathan; Abraham, Eric (1984). Andropov in Power: From Komsomol to Kremlin. Anchor Press/Doubleday. pp. 100–102. ISBN 9780385189118.
- ^ Solovev, Vladimir; Klepikova, Elena (1984). Yuri Andropov: a secret passage into the Kremlin. Robert Hale. pp. 38–42. ISBN 9780709016304.
- ^ Seidametov 2008, p. 96-99.
- ^ Ametov, Enver (2011-03-09). "Кому писал письма Мустафа Джемилев?". Милли Фирка (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ "Крымскотатарской правозащитнице Айше Сеитмуратовой — 82 года". atr.ua (in Russian). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
Bibliography edit
- Seidametov, Eldar (2008). "Роль Айше Сеитмуратовой в движения солидарности крымскотатарской диаспоры США за возвращение соотечественников на историческую родину — Крым". Культура народов Причерноморья (in Russian) (144). Кримський науковий центр НАН України і МОН України. ISSN 1562-0808.
- Guboglo, Mikhail; Chervonnaya, Svetlana (1992). Крымскотатарское национальное движение. Moscow: TsIMO. ISBN 5201137695. OCLC 29705056.
- Chervonnaya, Svetlana (1997). Крымскотатарское национальное движение (1994 - 1996). Moscow: Институт этнологии и антропологии РАН. OCLC 37855118.