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Turkey marks 71st anniversary of Crimean Tatar exile Anadolu Agency

Turkey marks 71st anniversary of Crimean Tatar exile

18 May 2015 16:48 (Last updated 18 May 2015 22:36)
Turkish President Erdogan says exile was a 'shameful black stain in history'

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday the Crimean Tatars' forced exile under Soviet leader Josef Stalin in 1944 from Crimea to Central Asia was a "shameful black stain in history".

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