List of Crimean Tatars
A partial list of notable Crimean Tatars, in alphabetical order: == Military personnel == Alime Abdenanova – Soviet spy during World War II Teyfuq Abdul – battalion commander in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union Seitnebi Abduramanov – platoon commander in the Red Army during World War II Uzeir Abduramanov – sapper in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union Fetislyam Abilov – regiment commander during World War II; belatedly declared Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990 Umer Adamanov – partisan detachment leader who defended Polish villages from the SS Ismail Bulatov – Major-general Emir Chalbash – flying ace Abdulla Dagci – commander of partisan detachment during World War II Dzhevdet Dermendzhi – infantry officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union Nuri Dzhelilov – tank officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union Amet-khan Sultan – flying ace, test pilot, and double Hero of the Soviet Union Refiyîk Kadír – dobrujan-born Crimean Tatar officer regarded as a hero of the Romanian Army Kenan Kutub-zade – Red Army cameraman who filmed scenes in Auschwitz used in the Nuremberg trials Refat Mustafaev – battalion commissar and partisan leader Mansur Mazinov – first Crimean Tatar pilot Abdraim Reshidov – decorated Pe-2 pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union; told KGB that he would commit self-immolation during a public holiday if he was forced to remain in exile. Seytnafe Seytveliyev – sergeant in the Red Army; Hero of the Soviet Union Dzhafer Osman Topchi – infantry officer, twice nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union Asan Khaliev – Red Army sniper with over 240 kills == Politicians == Kázím Abdulakim – former Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament Ruslan Balbek – Member of the Russian Duma Lilya Budzhurova - deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea Noman Çelebicihan – first President of the Crimean People's Republic Refat Çubarov – Chairman of the Mejlis Cemil Çiçek – Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey Dimitrie Cantemir, from Cantemir dynasty – voivode of Moldova Emine Dzhaparova – was the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Nariman Dzhelyal – Ukraine ambassador to Turkey Fahrettin Kerim Gökay – governor of Istanbul Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı – president of the Crimean Tatar Society of Turkey Vasily Kochubey – was a Russian Imperial state figure and member of Kochubey family Adnan Menderes – first democratically elected Prime Minister of Turkey Nazim Osmanov – leader of Mubarek Ahmet Tevfik Pasha – last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire Hasan Polatkan – Minister of Labor and Finance of Turkey Fyodor Rostopchin - was a Russian statesman Zeki Sezer – politician and former chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Sevil Shhaideh – Deputy Prime Minister of Romania Hafsa Sultan – first valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire as mother of Suleiman the Magnificent Seit Tairov – secretary of the Jizzakh regional committee in the Uzbek SSR Ersin Tatar - President of Northern Cyprus Rustem Umierov – Defence minister of Ukraine == Writers and intellectuals == Ayshe Seitmuratova – dissident Ahatanhel Krymsky – scientist Shamil Aladin – newspaper editor, poet, and novelist Şevqiy Bektöre – textbook writer, linguist, and gulag detainee Usein Bodaninsky – historian, museum director, and ethnographer Muazzez İlmiye Çığ – archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist, writer Bekir Çoban-zade – poet and professor; victim of the Great Purge Cengiz Dağcı – novelist and poet Emel Emin – poet, translator, Turkologist, and educator Seitumer Emin – writer and poet Tahsin Gemil – historian Necip Hablemitoğlu – writer and historian; assassinated Halil İnalcık – historian Murat Bardakçı – journalist Ismail Gaspirali – founder of the Jadid movement Abdulla Latif-zade – literary critic, poet, and writer Aziz Nesin – humorist and writer of over 100 books Mehmet Niyazi – poet, journalist, academic and activist İlber Ortaylı – historian Septar Mehmet Yakub – lawyer, thinker, Mufti of Romania Çetin Altan – writer, politician == Civil rights activists == Reşat Amet – murdered activist Mustafa Dzhemilev – leader of the Mejlis Emir-Usein Kuku – human rights defender Musa Mamut – committed self-immolation in protest of being forced to leave Crimea Server Mustafayev – human rights defender Yuri Osmanov – one of the founders of the National Movement of Crimean Tatars; assassinated Ayşe Seitmuratova – activist for right of return of Crimean Tatars who were deported as young children == Entrepreneurs == Feyzi Akkaya – one of the founders of STFA Construction Group Yıldırım Demirören – businessman, president of the Turkish Football Federation Sabri Ülker - Turkish industrialist and businessman, and the founder of Ülker.