Sejdametov E. Solidarity movement of the Crimean Tatars Diaspora in the USA with the compatriots' struggle for returning to their Motherland (1960s, beginning of 2000)

The dissertation researches the solidarity movement of the Crimean Tatars Diaspora in the USA with the compatriots' struggle for returning to their Motherland (1960s, beginning of 2000) according to the analysis of wide range of sources and literature. The author considers the essential stages of the Crimean Tatar Diaspora genesis in America, the causes that influenced its formation are found out. Basic attention is concentrated on the analysis of appearing, forming, evolution of the solidarity movement in the USA. Activities of particular representatives of the Diaspora (M. Sevdiyar, F. Yurter, M. Altan, A. Seitmuratova and others) as well as organizations (American Association of Crimean Turks, Committee for the return of exiled Crimean Tatars to their Homeland, The National Center of Crimean Tatars, Dost Crimean Woman's Humanitarian League of America) who took active part in resolving the Crimean Tatar issue are investigated. Except for it, the influence of international relations between the USA and USSR (and then the USA and Ukraine) on the functioning and development of Crimean Tatars national movement in America was analyzed.