On June 26, Ukraine celebrates the Day of the Crimean Tatar flag – a symbol of unity, succession of generations of Crimean Tatars and the struggle for freedom and the right to self-determination.
In 1917, the First Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people approved this flag as a national flag. Crimean Tatar Flag Day has been celebrated since 2010. In Crimea, after the annexation of the Russian Federation in 2014, this date became a symbol of Crimean Tatar resistance and a way of expressing identity.
