Crimean Tatar politician who ran the military and foreign affairs of the Crimean People’s Republic and led the national movement in exile
Born in 1889 into a family of wealthy peasants in Kizil-Tash in the Yalta district, he met Noman Çelebicihan at the law faculty of Istanbul University. After publishing The Oppressed Crimean Tatar Nation in the 20th Century in 1911 he escaped arrest by studying in Paris, and on his return in 1914 he went through cadet school and became an ensign. In 1917 he briefly edited Millet and became director of military and foreign affairs in the Directory set up by the Qurultay. Driven out by the Bolsheviks in January 1918, he fled to Kyiv; under the German occupation he became foreign minister of Sulkiewicz’s Crimean Regional Government and sought recognition of its independence in Berlin. After the German withdrawal he went to Istanbul, founded the newspaper Emel and supported Prometheism. He took the surname Kırımer in 1934 and died in Istanbul in 1960.
Also known as: Cafer Seydahmet Kırımer · Cafer Seydamet Qırımer · Jafer Seidamet · Dzhafer Seidamet
Activities and affiliations
- 1917–1918 Military command
- 1918 Diplomacy and international organization
- 1917–1960 Political and party leadership
- 1918–1960 Ideology and propaganda
Career Timeline
- 1911Published The Oppressed Crimean Tatar Nation in the 20th Century
- 1914Graduated from cadet school; commissioned as an ensign
- 1917–1918Director of military and foreign affairs, Directory of the Crimean People’s Republic
- 1918Foreign minister of the Crimean Regional Government
- 1918–1960Led the Crimean Tatar émigré movement from Istanbul and Europe