Kázím_Abdulakim

Kázím Abdulakim

Kázím Abdulakim

Romanian Crimean Tatar soldier

Kázím Abdulakim (also transliterated in Romanian as: Kiazim Abdulachim, Kiazim Abdulakim or Chiazim Abdulachim) was a Crimean Tatar hero of the Romanian Army who lost his life in the summer of 1917 during the Battle of Mărășești during World War I.[1][2]

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Second Lieutenant Kázím Abdulakim was the brother of lawyer Selim Abdulakim who, between the two wars, became a leading politician of the Crimean Tatars in Romania, Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament.[1] Kázím’s sister Șefika, also known as Sapiye, was the wife of the beloved Crimean Tatar poet Memet Niyaziy.[1][3]

As recognition of his extreme devotion to duty and his ultimate sacrifice, in Dobruja the Second Lieutenant Kázím Abdulakim Cultural and Sports Association was founded,[4] and a street in downtown Constanța[5][6] was named in Kázím’s honor.

See also

Citations

  1. [1]
    Agi-Amet 1999.
  2. [2]
    Scurtu 2011.
  3. [3]
    Romania Libera 2007.
  4. [4]
    Scurtu 2013, p. 214.
  5. [5]
    Strazi.
  6. [6]
    Google Maps.

Sources

  • Agi-Amet, Gemal (1999). Dicţionarul personalităţilor turco-tătare din România (in Romanian). Constanta: Metafora. ISBN 9789739340274.
  • Scurtu, Costin (2011). "Comunitatea turco-tãtarã din Dobrogea în armatã". Tara Barsei (in Romanian). 2011 (10): 95. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  • Romania Libera (24 March 2007). "Tragedia tatarilor crimeeni si a sprijinitorilor lor din Romania" (in Romanian). Romania Libera. Romania Libera. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  • Scurtu, Costin (24 September 2013). "Contribuţii la păstrarea tradiţiilor musulmane dobrogene în armata română". Lucrările Simpozionului internațional: Moştenirea culturală turcă în Dobrogea, Muzeul de Istorie Națională şi Arheologie, Constanța by Tasin Gemil, Gabriel Custurea, Delia Roxana Cornea (in Romanian). 1 (1).
  • "Street Slt. Kiazim Abduachim". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  • Strazi si bulevarde din Romania. "Strada Kizim Abdulachim (Sublocotenent)". Strazi si bulevarde din Romania. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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