 Flag represents Crimean/Sevastopol Tatars | |
 Symbol represents Crimean/Sevastopol Tatar people | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 152,561 (Crimea) 12,510+ (Outside of Crimea) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Crimean/Sevastopol | |
| Languages | |
| Crimean Tatar and Sevastopol Slavic aka "Sevastopol Ukrainian/Russian" | |
| Religion | |
| Half are Christian Orthodox (Crimean/Sevastopol Orthodox Church), quarter are Sunni Islam with some are Atheist | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nogais (endanger ethnic group) and Dobrujan Tatars (extinct) |
Crimean Tatars (Crimean Tatar: Qırımtatarlar or Qırımlar, Turkish: Kırım Tatarları or Kırımlılar, Russian: Крымские Татары, Ukrainian: Кримськi Татари or Кримцi) are a Turkic ethnic group that formed in the Crimean Peninsula in the 13th–17th centuries, primarily from the Turkic tribes that moved to the land that is now known as Crimea in Eastern Europe from the Asian steppes beginning in the 10th century, with contributions from the pre-Cuman population of Crimea. Crimean Tatars constituted the majority of Crimea's population from the time of its ethnogenesis until mid-19th century, and the relative largest ethnic population until the end of 19th century.
Sub-Ethnicities[]
The Crimean Tatars are subdivided into three sub-ethnic groups:
- the Tats (not to be confused with Tat people, living in the Caucasus region) who used to inhabit the mountainous Crimea before 1944 (about 50%) and Most them are Christian Orthodox with several Atheists and Sunni
- the Yalıboyu who lived on the southern coast of the peninsula (about 35%) are Predominantly Christian Orthodox with minorites of Sunni and Atheists
- the Noğay (not to be confused with Nogai people, living now in Southern Russia) – former inhabitants of the Crimean steppe (about 15%) and Majority Sunni Islam with some Christian Orthodox