Ittifaq Party
The Party of Tatar National Independence İttifaq or Ittifak (Tatar: Cyrillic Татар милли бәйсезлек партиясе "Иттифак", Latin Tatar Milli Bäysezlek Partiäse "İttifaq", Russian: Татарская партия национальой независимости "Иттифак" ) is a political party.
History[change | change source]
It was founded in the Tatar ASSR in April, 1990, and officially registered on January 3, 1992.[1] Ittifaq was the first non-communist party in Tatarstan. It is commonly referred to as a Tatar nationalist party. It was named in honour of Ittifaq al-Muslimin, a pre-revolutionary Muslim political party represented in the parliament (Duma) of the czarist Russia.
Goals[change | change source]
The goals, as claimed by the party, are:
- revival of the Tatar nation
- restoring Tatar statehood
- recognition of the Tatar state as an international entity.
Leadership[change | change source]
The permanent leader of the Ittifaq party is Fäwziä Bäyrämova. She has been leading the party for more than 20 years.
Publications[change | change source]
The party published its own newspaper - Altın Urda - from 1993 to 1998.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.html?bid=23&sid=319930 Archived 2016-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ Татар милли бәйсезлек партиясе "Иттифак"