Mustafa Dzhemilev's battle for Crimea
The former leader of the Crimean Tatar community, Mustafa Dzhemilev, is receiving the Polish government's first Solidarity Award. It comes 70 years after he successfully fought for the right to return to his homeland.
A grey-haired man in a suit and tie is walking along a rural street, surrounded by bodyguards who make him seem small and helpless. He doesn't make it far. Dozens of police officers in combat gear with two military vehicles have blocked the streets. One of the officers says he can't continue. Meanwhile, on the other side of the blockade, thousands of mostly young men have come to receive the older gentleman. Some of them even break through the barricade and cry, "Mustafa!", but they can't help him. This scene played out on May 3 near the city of Armyansk, along the new border between Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in March. The older man's name is Mustafa Dzhemilev. For decades, he was a leader of Crimea's Tatars, and on that particular day, he wanted to go home. Authorities in Crimea continue to deny him entry to this day. Honored in Warsaw It's against this background that Dzhemilev will receive the Polish government's first Solidarity Award, which grants the honoree one million euros ($1.36 million). The name of the prize derives from Poland's Solidarnosc (Solidarity) trade union, whose fight against the communist regime contributed to the first somewhat free elections and a change of power in Warsaw in 1989. Dzhemilev is being honored for his "service to democracy and respect for the rights and freedoms of citizens in Ukraine, particularly with respect to the Tatars," the Polish government said of its decision. Forced resettlement For the 70-year-old, the denial of entry to Crimea is particularly bitter. For the first time in decades, Dzhemilev could not take part in a May 18 ceremony memorializing the forced relocation of Crimean Tatars. Now, he must once again fight for a home that he already won once. Mustafa Dzhemilev was born on November 13, 1943, in a Soviet village in Crimea that was then occupied by Nazi Germany. Around six months later, his family, along with more than 180,000 other Crimean Tatars, was deported to Central Asia. As a justification, the government in Moscow claimed the Crimean Tatars had collaborated with the Nazis. Dzhemilev's family was sent thousands of kilometers east of Crimea to the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, like most other Crimean Tatars. 15 years behind bars Even as a youth, Dzhemilev harbored a deep interest in the history of his people in Crimea. He founded a union for Crimean Tatar youth before he was even 20 years old - an organization that fought for Tatars to return to their homeland, which led the Soviet Union to ban it. Dzhemilev lost his job as a laborer in an aircraft factory, but was permitted to study at an agricultural institute. That also proved short-lived. In 1965, he was removed from school on formal grounds. One year later, in May 1966, Dzhemilev was convicted by a court for refusing military service. But he accused the Soviet security agency, the KGB, of wanting to punish him for his activism in support of Crimean Tatars' rights. Later, Dzhemilev was convicted five times and spent a total of around 15 years in prison. He was friends with famous Soviet dissidents, including the Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov. Human rights activist Petro Grigorenko described Dzhemilev in a magazine as "a person with an unbelievably strong will." In 1975, Dzhemilev embarked on a ten-month hunger strike and was force-fed. From dissident to politician During the perestroika period under Mikhail Gorbachev, Dzhemilev was released from jail. He returned with his family to Crimea in 1989 and was voted head of the traditional Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, a group he led through 2013. He worked in favor of bringing back Crimean Tatars from Central Asia - a time full of tense conflicts. That's because houses in which Crimean Tatars once lived had been handed over to Russians during the Soviet era. Dzhemilev managed to de-escalate the tensions. In the 1990s, Dzhemilev got involved in politics and was elected to parliament in Kyiv in 1998 for the party Narodny Ruch Ukrainy (Ukrainian People's Movement). He remains a member of parliament today, although he is now without a party. During the Orange Revolution in 2004, Dzhemilev and the Crimean Tatars on the side of pro-Western presidential candidate Viktor Yushenko. Possible minister post? As pro-Russian sentiment grew stronger in Crimea at the end of February 2014, thousands of Tatars protested against a break-up of Ukraine. Shortly before the annexation of the peninsula, Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to win Dzhemilev over to his side. "He apparently wanted us to maintain neutrality, although that word was never used," Dzhemilev said in a televised interview about his half-hour phone call with the head of the Kremlin. The approximately 300,000 Crimean Tatars did not take part in the March 16 referendum on Crimea joining Russia. They also opted not to engage in armed conflict against the vote. Today, Dzhemilev resides in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Petro Poroshenko, who was elected president on May 25, announced he would establish a ministry to deal with Crimean affairs. Dzhemilev is being discussed as a potential head of the institution.
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gender::male iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::activist type::entity type::person
Human rights activist
topic::none type::role type::value
Petro Grigorenko
Petro_Grigorenko
gender::male iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::activist type::entity type::person
1975
topic::none type::time type::value
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail_Gorbachev
gender::male iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::entity type::person type::politician
Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Mejlis_of_the_Crimean_Tatar_People
meta::todo topic::none type::entity type::organization
2013
topic::none type::time type::value
Russians
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
1990
topic::none type::time type::value
Kyiv
Kiev
topic::none type::entity type::gpe type::gpe2 type::location
1998
topic::none type::time type::value
Orange Revolution
Orange_Revolution
iptc::16000000 topic::conflict type::entity type::event type::protest
2004
topic::none type::time type::value
Western
Western_world
topic::none type::loc-x type::other
presidential candidate
topic::none type::role type::value
Viktor Yushenko
Viktor_Yushchenko
gender::male iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::entity type::person type::politician
Russian
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
February 2014
topic::none type::time type::value
President
topic::none type::role type::value
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir_Putin
gender::male iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::entity type::head_of_state type::person type::politician
Kremlin
Moscow_Kremlin
iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::entity type::facility type::location type::politics_facility
March 16
topic::none type::time type::value
Ukrainian
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
capital
topic::none type::role type::value
Petro Poroshenko
Petro_Poroshenko
gender::male iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::entity type::head_of_state type::person type::politician
May 25
topic::none type::time type::value