title: Displacement and Belonging: Redefining ‘Homeland’ and ‘Return’ among Crimean Tatars
abstract: This article examines Crimean Tatar perceptions of ‘homeland’ and ‘return’ following the 2014 annexation of Crimea, contrasting these views with those of Crimean Tatars in exile after the 1944 deportation. I argue that while nearly all aspects of homeland perception among exiled Crimean Tatars – such as an identity marker, a mythologized final destination, and the place where their community reside – are still evident in the narratives of those displaced after 2014, their emphasis and meaning ha
journal: Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe