President Erdogan: Türkiye will continue to protect rights of Crimean Tatar people

Turkey will continue to protect the rights of the Crimean Tatars, both those who live in the Crimea and those who were forced to leave this region after the occupation. This is stated in the report of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, published on the social network on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars.

“I recall this sorrowful event that torn off our Crimean Tatar brothers from our native land and caused huge suffering, the pain of which we still feel in our hearts,” wrote Erdogan.

as Turkey, we will continue to protect the rights of the Crimean Tatars, both those who live in the Crimea and those who were forced to leave this region after the occupation, ”the Turkish leader,

, expressed.

Turkey will continue to protect the rights of the Crimean Tatars, regardless of circumstances and conditions, ”the president assured.