Noman Çelebicihan (From Austria with Love)

Noman Çelebicihan (Crimean Tatar: نعمان چلبى جهان, Numan Çelebicihan is a Crimean Tatar politician,lawyer mufti of crimean muslims and the President of the Crimean People's Republic.

Early life
Noman Çelebicihan was born in 1885 in the small village of Büyük Sonaq, in Chonhar region of Crimea.His parents were  İbraim Çelebi who came from a wealthy Crimean tatar family,His mother also came from a wealthy crimean tatar family. During his youth he recived his early education in the small vilage untill he was sent to Gülümbey Medrese with the help of one of his uncle´s.

in 1908,Noman arrived in Istanbul,Ottoman empire where he first studied at Vefa Lisesi and later on went to a local law school. During his time in Istanbul,he resided in a area where a few other Crimean tatars resided. There he founded the young tatars writer association group.It was during this time that he published on of his many literary works such as the swallows prayer. He was the founder of the Crimean Tatar Student Association which later evolved into the Milliy Firqa party.

After graduating from law school,Noman returned to Crimea to get involved in the independence movement. There he was elected to represent the Or region in the Crimean tatar Qurultay. Due to his young age and eduction,he was one of the most popular delegates there. In 1917 he founded the Milliy Firqa party and later thatyear during the opening of the Qurultay,he was elected the first president of the young crimean republic.

Political Carrer
Çelebicihan was not only the first president of a independt Crimea and mufti of Crimea,Lithuania and Poland,he was also a famous poet and wrote the anthem of Crimea. Barely two months after being elected president,Crimea was invaded by bolshevik forces which captured Sevastopol.Çelebicihan barely managed to escape in time and fled with the goverment to the city of Bakhchysarai.There he began organicing a military and began planning a counterattack to retake Sevastopol.On the first january 1918,The Sevastpol offenssive commenced and was nearly deafeated had it not been for the arrival of hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky´s forces. Together they were able to defeat the bolshevik forces which retreated from Crimea after the capture of Sevastopol.