Day of the Crimean Tatar National Flag is celebrated in Ukraine today
Day of the Crimean Tatar flag is celebrated in Ukraine on June 26.
On this day, in 1991, the second Kurultay of the Crimean Tatar people began its activities in Simferopol — 74 years after the first Kurultai, which took place in 1917 in Bakhchisarai. The Crimean Tatar flag was first adopted by the Kurultay of Crimean Tatars in 1917, immediately after the February Revolution, and on June 30, 1991, after Ukraine’s independence declaration, the flag was renewed.
With the beginning of Russia’s occupation of the Ukrainian Crimea in 2014 and the intensification of repressions against the indigenous population of the peninsula, the main events of the Crimean Tatar Flag Day take place in mainland Ukraine (including Kyiv) by Crimean Tatar public organizations with the support and coordination of the Crimean Tatar Majlis.
Traditionally, the Crimean Tatar Flag Day celebrations will take place not only in Ukraine but also in other countries.
As previously reported by Ukrainian information agency Ukrinform, in the Russian-controlled Crimea, more than 50 activists received warnings from the authorities about participating in ‘extremist actions’ before the Crimean Tatar Flag Day.