Comparison of Cases and Conclusion: Toward a Crimean Tatar Transnational Nation?

Abstract

In this final chapter, the Crimean Tatar cases are classified into émigré, exile, diaspora, and transnational nationalism as a way of explaining the variation in mobilization and consequences of these identity movements. Generalizations about the emergence and development of the extra-territorial communities are drawn. Instead of studying each community in isolation, the benefits of paying attention to transnational relations among communities are noted. The chapter also predicts a development toward constructing a transnational nation, as there are significant attempts emerged in his direction recently. The move can potentially empower the Crimean Tatars to fight the Russian occupation of Crimea that continues since 2014. The chapter concludes by suggesting that future transnational The Crimean Tatar nation must be better conceived in multiculturalist terms rather than essentialist.