Born in Istanbul in 1916 to Crimean Tatar family. Graduated from Ankara University in 1940. Completed PhD in 1942 on Bulgarian question during Ottoman Tanzimat
Born in 1927 to Crimean Tatar lawyer Halit Bey and Nurhayat. Chose writing career over diplomacy to escape loneliness. Graduated from Ankara University Law School
Çibörek is a Tatar börek from Crimea and Central Asia. Crimea Tatars migrated to Eskişehir, Turkey. Name "Çiğ Börek" was incorrectly spelled due to similar sound
Tatars are the largest Turkic group in Russia with 6.6 million inhabitants. Kazan khanate became prominent Tatar state in 15th-16th centuries. First Muslim subjects of Russian Empire under Ivan IV in 1552. Soviet government suppressed Tatar independence movement until 1990