TheQurultay of the Crimean Tatar People is a nationalcongress and the supreme representativeplenipotentiary body of theCrimean Tatar people that first met in 1917 at theBakhchysarai Palace.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It was there in December 1917 that the Qurultay first declared the existence of the short-livedCrimean People's Republic.
At the Qurultay, Crimean Tatars are represented by delegates elected byCrimean Tatars permanently residing on the territory of Ukraine, regardless of their nationality, as well as Crimean Tatars and members of their family who are citizens of Ukraine, regardless of their place of residence.
Credentials of Qurultay endure for five years. Delegates often represented thePeople's Movement of Ukraine in theVerkhovna Rada of Crimea until the Rada's dissolution in 2014.
In 2017, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Qurultay, theNational Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative 5Hryven coin.[7]
Today, withinUkraine, it is officially considered a public organization of the Crimean Tatar National Movement.
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