On Tuesday, June 29, Eskender Bariiev, Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, head of the Department of Legal and Foreign Affairs of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, took part in the II International Scientific and Practical Conference Crimean Tatars: Past and Present, which was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar people and the Day of the Crimean Tatar Flag.
Speakers:
Anatolii Solonenko – Rector of the Bohdan Khmelnytskyy Melitopol State Pedagogical University, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Elvir Sahirman – Third Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Anton Korynevych – Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Anton Tverdovskyy – Chief Consultant of the Service for Reintegration and De-Occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Refat Chubarov – Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Eskender Bariiev – Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, Head of the Department of Legal Affairs and Foreign Affairs of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Oleksandr Starukh – Chairman of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration
Olena Zhuk – Chairman of the Zaporozhzhia Regional Council
Vladyslav Marokko – Director of the Department of Culture, Tourism, Nationalities and Religions of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration
Naufal Khamdani – President of the Association of National Minorities of the Zaporozhzhia Region
Gulnara Bekirova – Deputy Chairman of the Henichesk District State Administration
Ihor Sudakov – Chairman of the Melitopol District State Administration
Mykhailo Semykin – Deputy Mayor for the Activities of the Executive Bodies of the Council
Serhii Pryima – Chairman of the Melitopol District Council
“Qurultay was restored 30 years ago. It was a great event for the Crimean Tatar people, because in this way the Crimean Tatars demonstrated the integrity of the nation and subjectivity. Then our people restored all their symbols: the flag, coat of arms, and a declaration of national sovereignty was adopted”,- emphasized Bariiev.
The Head of the CTRC also recalled that the Day of the Crimean Tatar Flag was celebrated on June 26 and noted that when this idea was developed in 2008, this date was supposed to unite all Crimean Tatars, demonstrate subjectivity and call for the struggle for their rights.
“Taking into account all the events that have taken place since 2014, the Crimean Tatar flag is not only an attribute of the Crimean Tatar people, but also a symbol of the struggle for the de-occupation of Crimea”,- he added.
In addition, Bariiev believes that the restoration of the rights of the Crimean Tatar people as an indigenous people is ineffective without the participation of the academic environment.
“Therefore, holding such conferences and familiarizing the academic environment, PhD students and students with this issue is an important component in the study of the processes that took place 30 years ago and throughout the recent history of the Crimean Tatars”,- the expert explained.