(MENAFN)According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkey is going to stand by the Crimean Tatar Turks.
On the night of May 18, 1944, some 250,000 “Crimean Tatar Turkish kinsmen were torn from their ancestral homeland and exiled under inhumane conditions,” stated Tanju Bilgic, the ministry spokesman.
A big number of Crimean Tatars lost their lives in this "tragic event" and those who survived were "forced to live yearning for their homeland," Bilgic added.
He also declared that "77 years after the exile, Crimean Tatar Turks are challenged by the hardships created by the illegal annexation of Crimea. Turkey will continue to stand by its kinsmen in their struggle to overcome their aggrievement, attain peace and prosperity, and to protect their identities."
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