Aziza Eskender - Qırım

Crimea, sing in my heart
In the night I whisper the name of your Heroes!
Crimea, take my heart!
Black pain longs for free death.

Crimea, I love you

When I see the dawn of your children
The dawn of dreams that will hear our prayers
Then all free thoughts will melt the shackles of slaves
In a ball that frees the stars from despair.

Just sing with me!!
Just sing like the last time.

Crimea
I love you

🩵💛

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2afrmKHwDRk
#AzizaEskender #Crimea #CrimeanTatar #Music

The Post Bellum Czech team and I will be visiting several cities in the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 on October 6–10, presenting a documentary 'Rooted' about Ukraine's ethnic minorities and the indigenous #CrimeanTatar people.

I will be happy to see you there!

October 6 - Pardubice
October 7 - Brno
October 8 - České Budějovice
October 9 - Prague
October 10 - Liberec

Today I was invited to record a podcast episode about #Crimea, #CrimeanTatar identity, and my work in a Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar literary project.

I was delighted and truly enjoyed participating there. Let's be the voice of Crimea on all available platforms! 🩵💛

Life in #Crimea under occupation: the FSB abducted a #CrimeanTatar Khatidzhe Buyukhchan (24 years old) in May.

They accused her of preparing a terrorist attack and ordered her family to remain silent about it!

Later russians made her to "confess" on camera, presumably after threats and torture

Today we celebrate the Crimean Tatar Flag Day 🩵💛

The Tarak-Tamga is the ancestral emblem of Giray dynasty, the only rulers of the Crimean Khanate since the 15th century, and a symbol of #CrimeanTatar people, while the blue color has a deep meaning and history among Turkic peoples.

This flag was used as the national flag since the time of the Crimean Democratic Republic in 1917, but during the Soviet occupation, it was banned.

After the return from deportation in 1991, the Second Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people reinstated the flag as the national symbol.

Since 2014, this flag has been a symbol of resistance to occupation. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, it has been proudly worn on the chevrons of soldiers fighting for Ukraine's independence and the future deoccupation of #Crimea

Russia has labeled #CrimeanTatar journalist and human rights defender Lutfiye Zudiyeva a “foreign agent” — it is a common tool used to repress disloyal people in russia and on occupied territories.

This is yet another step in russia’s ongoing persecution of Crimea’s Indigenous Crimean Tatar people. As long as #Crimea remains under
russian occupation, it won’t stop — it will only get worse.

Friday, April 25

Shoigu threatens Europe with nuclear weapons if Russia is faced with ‘unfriendly actions — North Korean missile used in deadly Russian strike on Kyiv — Crimean Tatar freed from Russian captivity: ‘Recognizing Russia’s control of Crimea would legitimize crime’ — [vblog] Inside a Kyiv apartment building hit by Russian missile strike … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/friday-april-25/

Wednesday, April 23 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-23-2025/