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  • A Crimean Tartar named Ahmet (age 77) who watches over the community mosque, in a temporary residence in a field of stone houses on land occupied by returning Tartars, outside of Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev's politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A Crimean Tartar named Ahmet (age 77) who watches over the community mosque, in a temporary residence in a field of stone houses on land occupied by returning Tartars, outside of Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev's politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Danyal Ahmetov, leader of Tartar People's Movement, in a field of temporary housing on land occupied by returning Crimean Tartars, oustide of Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. He supports the movement for Tartars to reclaim their ancestral land in Ukraine. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev's politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A group of Muslim Crimean Tartars praying in a mosque in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Crimean Tartars in front of a graffitied sign, in a field of temporary housing on land occupied by returning Crimean Tartars, outside of Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A Crimean Tartar drives a car down a road in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Portrait of The Crimean Tartar MP in Ukranian Parliment, Mustafa Abdulcemil Kirimlioglu in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. He is a very important political leader of the Crimean Tartar community. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A USSR-built monument in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A portrait of a Crimean Tartar named Seyit (aged 76), in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev's politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Young Muslim Crimean Tartars pray in a temporary shelter, on land occupied by returning Tartars, on October 6, 2008. These are friends of Ahmet, who watches over the mosque, and they live in tents and temporary houses, and watch over the building materials and land 24/7, and some of the younger ones attend the university nearby. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev's politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Crimean Tartars watch Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on television in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A Crimean Tartar mosque in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A field of stone houses in a field of temporary housing in land occupied by returning Crimean Tartars, outside of Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev's politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A Crimean Tartar named Ahmet (aged 77), who watches over the community mosque, currently housed in a temporary shelter, in a field of temporary housing on land occupied by returning Crimean Tartars, outside of Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A local small hotel owner named, Enver Kakura, in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Crimean Tartars at a train station in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Crimean Tartars a looking at a collection of historical photos, in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Two Muslim women pray in a Crimean Tartar mosque in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A Crimean Tartar at home preparing water for a meal in a tent in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • sign advertising for a planned mosque in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Remains of a stone house in a field of temporary housing in land occupied by returning Crimean Tartars, outside of in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A stone house in a field of temporary housing in land occupied by returning Crimean Tartars, outside of Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Inside a house of Crimean Tartars in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • A block of apartment buildings that were probably built on land originally occupied by Crimean Tartars who were exiled in the 1940s, in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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  • Crimean Tartars buy and sell copies of the Koran and other books, in Simferapol, Ukraine, on October 6, 2008. Turkic speaking Tartars who are almost all Muslim in faith, have a history that dates takes back to the 8th and 9th centuries in Crimea. They were exiled by Joseph Stalin by 1944 having been accused of collaboration with German invaders in World War II. But they have been returned since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Crimea is an autonomous region that is governed by Ukraine. The Tartars say that their culture is disappearing because they are excluded from the national education curriculum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, land privatization became a huge issue across most of Eastern Europe. The problem the Tartars face is that they do not have any legal documentation to prove that the property belongs to them, because they were exiled. In 2003 community got together and formed a land movement to claim back land after the government refused to recognize their demands of land re-instutiution. Up to 25 thousand tartars live in makeshift homes with no electricity or anything around. In 2004 hope arose for the Tartar community with the growing population they wanted central mosque to be built, and the government agreed, but shortly after they canceled the permission. At the present time, the autonomous Republic of Crimea is governed by its own constitution in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. However Kiev’s politics have been largely pro-western since the Orange revolution in 2004, Crimea has remained and dominated with pro-Russian outlook which the Tartar community say belongs to an emerging "New Russia", and are worried that history may be about to repeat itself. By photographer Ilker Gurer
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