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

This book explains the unexpected mobilization of the Crimean Tatar diaspora in recent decades through an exploration of the exile experiences of the Crimean Tatars in Central Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North America. This book adds to the growing literature on diaspora case studies and is essential reading for researchers and students of diasporas, migration, ethnicity, nationalism, transnationalism, identity formation and social movements. Moreover, this book is relevant both for specialists in Crimean Tatar Studies and for the larger fields of Communist, Post-Communist, Middle Eastern, European, and American studies.

The only book to cover the ?evolution of the Crimean Tatar diaspora with such breadth and depth Adds to the growing literature on diaspora case studies Essential reading for many fields of research including Nationalism studies as well as Middle Eastern, Russian and Eastern European studies

Autorentext

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

Inhalt
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?