Tatars once dominated Crimea ... Dzhelyal’s father, Enver, was six in 1944. His family ended up in the sun-scorched Uzbek city of Navoi, where he would work at a chemical plant and meet Nariman ...

They are cherished by each Crimean Tatar family and must be remembered by all generations to come.

But the bond between Crimean Tatars and their homeland is strong. So much so that when news was announced of a resettling programme announced for Crimea in the 1970s, Elina’s family devised a plan.

Doughty visited Tatar at his official residence in northern Nicosia after his meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides, with Tatar at the same time insisting that formal negotiations to solve ...