CRIMEAN TATARS AND UKRAINE AFTER 2014: NEW RELATIONS ESTABLISHED AGAINST A COMMON ENEMY

This article analyses the relations between Crimean Tatarsand Ukraine after the occupation and the illegal annexation of theRussian Federation in the Crimean Peninsula. Euromaidan protests,which took place between November 2013 and February 2014, starteda revolutionary process in Ukraine and gave way the changes in thedomestic and foreign policies of Ukraine. Besides, Russian assistance tothe separatists in the Eastern Ukraine and illegal annexation of theCrimean Peninsula bred a regional crisis. Support of Crimean Tatars,the indigenous people of the Crimean Peninsula, to the Ukrainianterritorial integrity and their solid resistance against the Russianoccupation is one of the most remarkable issues in this crisis. By the endof 2018, Crimean Tatars and Ukraine, who are rewriting their history onthe basis of common sufferings and happiness, in a situation of allianceagainst the Moscow administration. This article, relies on the qualitativedata gathered during the field researches held in Ukraine and Turkeyand secondary sources in the literature, analyzes the change in therelations between Crimean Tatars and Ukraine, while discussing howan alliance became possible between these tw