Kirimov Tair NuridinovichTahir Kerim · Tahir Nureddinoğlu Kerim

Kirimov Tair Nuridinovich

Tahir Kerim · Tahir Nureddinoğlu Kerim
Candidate of Philological Sciences (PhD), independent researcher

About Me

Kirimov Tair Nuridinovich (Tahir Nureddinoğlu Kerim) is a specialist in Crimean Tatar literature, Candidate of Philological Sciences (PhD), an independent researcher and a member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine and the Union of Crimean Tatar Writers.

From 2001 to 2022 he worked at the Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University. In 2009 he defended his dissertation “The Works of Cemil Kermençikli: Thematic, Semantic, Linguistic and Stylistic Features”.

His research interests are broad, focusing mainly on Crimean Tatar literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He has published numerous scholarly articles and monographs; his in-depth studies make a significant contribution to understanding the development of Crimean Tatar culture and literature.

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Work Experience

2015 – 2022
Research Institute of Crimean Tatar Language, History and Culture of the Peoples of Crimea, Fevzi Yakubov KIPU
Leading research specialist
2017 – 2022
Journal “Problems of Crimean Tatar Philology, History and Culture”
Deputy editor-in-chief
2008 – 2022
Department of Crimean Tatar Literature and Journalism, Fevzi Yakubov KIPU
Senior lecturer
2001 – 2022
“Manuscript Book” Research Centre, KIPU
Deputy director
2006 – 2015
Research Centre of Crimean Tatar Language and Literature, KIPU
Research trainee
2001 – 2006
“Scientific Bulletin” of the “Manuscript Book” Research Centre, KIPU
Deputy editor-in-chief
2001 – 2003
Department of Crimean Tatar Language and Literature, Crimean State Engineering and Pedagogical Institute
Lecturer
2012 – 2015
National educational and cultural projects
Author and project leader
  • “Millet Cevherleri” anthology, “Millet Yüzü” billboard project
  • Crimean Tatar language and Latin alphabet courses, “Vatan Sevgisi Bilgiden Kelir”
  • Android apps “Learn Crimean Tatar” and “Qırımtatar Yemekleri”

Publications and Activities

Monographs

Textological research: collections and text editions

Scholarly translations and decipherments

Articles in leading peer-reviewed journals

Peer-reviewed articles and monographs (since 2009)

Publications abroad and scientific-methodological articles

Scholarly editing of educational and academic publications

Conferences and symposia

  • 2006, 17–21 Apr. — XIX scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students. Paper: «Studying bio-bibliographical materials as an aspect of the historiography of pre-war Crimean Tatar literature: the case of C. Kermenchikli»
  • 2006, 15 Nov. — 2nd International research-to-practice conference in memory of Osman Akçokraklı. Paper: «C. Kermenchikli's work in the development of socio-political and literary thought in Crimea»
  • 2007, 20 Apr. — 1st Conference of the KIPU Research Centre of Crimean Tatar Language and Literature “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «Lexical and linguistic-stylistic features of C. Kermenchikli's poetic works»
  • 2007, 24 Apr. — XIII scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students. Paper: «Ideas of popular enlightenment in the creative context of C. Kermenchikli»
  • 2008, 18 Apr. — 2nd Conference of the KIPU Research Centre of Crimean Tatar Language and Literature “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «The phenomenon of titles in C. Kermenchikli's poetic works»
  • 2008, 22–24 May — International symposium “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «Views on the emancipation of the Crimean Tatar woman in the work of Cemil Kermenchikli»
  • 2009, 15 Apr. — 3rd Conference of the KIPU Research Centre of Crimean Tatar Language and Literature “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «Ontological and anthropological themes in C. Kermenchikli's works»
  • 2009, 22–24 May — 2nd International Congress of Turkology (Uluslararası II türkoloji kongresi). Paper: «The originality of the titles of Cemil Kermenchikli's poetic works»
  • 2009, 26–28 Sept. — 4th International Grand Congress of the Turkic Language (IV Uluslararası büyük türk tili kurultayı). Paper: «Cultural and literary traditions of the Crimean Tatars: axiological issues in the work of Cemil Kermenchikli»
  • 2011, 14 Apr. — 5th International conference of the KIPU Research Centre of Crimean Tatar Language and Literature “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «"Millet", the publishing organ of the Crimean Tatar National Kurultai (1917-1920)»
  • 2011, 16–20 May — XVII scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students. Paper: «Specifics of studying the Arabic-script texts of the Crimean Tatar newspaper "Millet" (1917–1920)»
  • 2012, 14 Apr. — XXI scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students. Paper: «Publishers who united the nation and alphabets that divided it»
  • 2012, 16 May — 6th International online conference “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «Language and related educational issues in the Crimean Tatar press: past and present»
  • 2013, 16 May — 7th International online conference “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity” (20th anniversary of KIPU). Paper: «A critical look at Memet Nüzhet's "To Selim Softa"»
  • 2013, 11 Sept. — Conference “Crimean Tatars in the 21st Century” (Simferopol). Paper: «The cultural and educational mission of the Crimean Tatar periodical press in Crimea»
  • 2013, 9–11 Oct. — 3rd International Conference on the Historical Heritage of the Tatars (Eskişehir). Paper: «The diaspora question in the Crimean Tatar national press of the late 19th and early 20th centuries»
  • 2014, 25–28 Sept. — 22nd International Hazar Poetry Evenings (Elazığ, Turkey)
  • 2014, 6–7 Dec. — 1st International research-to-practice conference “Current Problems of Studying and Preserving the Historical and Cultural Heritage of Crimea”, in memory of Meñli Geray I
  • 2014, 15 May — 8th International online conference “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «The language of Asan Sabri Ayvazov and his contemporaries»
  • 2015, 16–17 Apr. — Research-to-practice conference with international participation on the pedagogical legacy of Ş. Gasprinskaya “The Modern System of National Education: Past Experience – the Way to the Future”. Paper: «The tradition of non-violence in the Crimean Tatar school: artistic and pedagogical quests of N. Chelebicihan and A. Odabash»
  • 2015, 20–24 Apr. — XXI scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students. Paper: «Some observations on the Crimean Tatar Latin script and the writers published in the newspaper "Azat Qırım"»
  • 2016, 25 May — 10th International online conference “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «"Azat Qırım" as a successor of the First Kurultai»
  • 2017, 31 May — 11th International online conference “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”. Paper: «The national character of poems published in the newspaper "Millet" (1917–1920)»
  • 2017, 26–28 Apr. — 4th International Symposium of Turkic World Studies. Paper: «National harmony in Hamdi Geraybay's love poems»
  • 2017, 9 Dec. — Round table on the 100th anniversary of the 1st Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar people. Paper: «The First Crimean Tatar Kurultai and the writers among its delegates»
  • 2018, 16 Apr. — XXIV scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students (Simferopol). Paper: «Unknown prose fragments by the Crimean Tatar classic writer Mustafa Qurtiy»
  • 2018, 26 Nov. — Conference “National Media in Crimea: History, Traditions, Prospects” (Simferopol, KIPU). Paper: «Coverage of Crimean Tatar alphabet issues in the newspaper "Yeñi Dünya"»
  • 2019, 15 Apr. — XXV scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students. Paper: «The first examples of the novella genre in Crimean Tatar literature»
  • 2019, 17 Apr. — XXV scientific-theoretical conference of KIPU teaching staff, postgraduates and students. Paper: «Enlightenment ideas and ideals in the work of A. Odabash»
  • 2019, 22 Nov. — Research-to-practice conference “National Media in Crimea: History, Traditions, Prospects” (Simferopol, KIPU). Paper: «Literary life on the pages of Crimea's pre-war periodicals»
  • 2019, 4 Apr. — Research-to-practice conference with international participation “Current Problems of the Humanities: Folklore Studies, Literary Studies, Pedagogy, History, Ethnography” (Simferopol, KIPU). Paper: «The fate of the Crimean Tatar people in the literary work of Asan Chergeyev»
  • 2019, 24 May — 13th All-Russian online conference with international participation (Simferopol, KIPU). Paper: «Biographical information on Ethem Feyzi»
  • 2019, 26 Apr. — Eurasian Conference on Language & Social Sciences (Antalya, Turkey). Paper: «The Psychological Elements of Mehmet Nüzhet's Written Creation (Feelings Kept in the Depth of the Crimean Poet's Heart: A New Look at Mehmet Nüzhet's Work)»
  • 2019, 27 Oct. — Research-to-practice conference with international participation “Culture of Crimea: Unity and Diversity”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of A. Veliyev (Simferopol, KIPU). Paper: «Artistic journalism of Crimean Tatar writers in the pre-war Soviet periodical press»
  • 2019, 18 Oct. — 8th Eurasian Conference on Language and Social Sciences (Antalya, Turkey). Paper: «The Life and Literary Activity of the Crimean Tatar Writer Mehmet Niyazi (1878–1931)»
  • 2020, 10 June — 14th All-Russian online conference with international participation “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity” (Simferopol, KIPU). Paper: «The life and work of the Crimean Tatar poet M. Niyazi»
  • 2020, 27 Oct. — Regional online research-to-practice conference “The Crimean Tatar Song as a Folklore Genre: Musical and Poetic Traditions” (Simferopol, KIPU). Paper: «Musical motifs in the work of our Crimean Tatar literary classics»
  • 2021, 19 Mar. — 15th All-Russian online conference with international participation “Philology, History and Culture of the Crimean Tatars: Traditions and Modernity”, dedicated to the 170th anniversary of İsmail Gasprinski. Paper: «On the history and causes of the debates around the language of A.S. Ayvazov»
  • 2021, 27 Apr. — 26th scientific-theoretical conference of the teaching staff, postgraduates and students of Fevzi Yakubov KIPU (Simferopol). Paper: «Historiography of the life and work of Y.N. Bayburtly, a devotee of Crimean Tatar literature and enlightenment»
  • 2021, 29 Apr. — 27th scientific-theoretical conference of the teaching staff, postgraduates and students of Fevzi Yakubov KIPU (Simferopol). Paper: «Individual authorial vocabulary in the works of A. Odabash: based on the newspaper "Millet" (1917–1920)»
  • 2024, 1 July — Research-to-practice conference “The Self-Name of the Crimean Tatars: History and the Present” (Simferopol). Paper: «The language and national consciousness of Crimean Tatar writers of the First Kurultai period (the case of the newspaper "Millet" (1917–1920) and its authors)»
  • 2024, 15–19 Oct. — International Symposium “Modernisation of the Turkic World II: The Press in the Turkic World” (TDM 2024), İzmir. Paper: «From the History of the Formation of the Satire Genre in the Crimean Tatar Press of the National Awakening Era (late 19th – early 20th centuries)»
  • 2024, 19–20 Oct. — 3rd All-Russian research-to-practice conference “Current Issues in the History of the Crimean Tatars”, on the 10th anniversary of the Crimean Research Centre of the Sh. Marjani Institute of History, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (Foros). Paper: «The satirical legacy of A. Qadrizade»
  • 2024, 25 Dec. — Research-to-practice conference “Problems of Preserving, Studying and Popularising the Philological and Historical-Cultural Heritage of the Crimean Tatars”, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of N.R. Abdulvapov (Simferopol). Paper: «The theme of fate in B. Chobanzade's lyric poetry»

Research internships

  • 2014 — Two-week internship at Kocaeli University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, programme “Filolojide dil ve edebiyat staj programı”
  • 2017 — Professional development course “Innovative Technologies in Education (Crimean Tatar Literature and Journalism)”, KIPU, Simferopol. Certificate No. 820400002692
  • 2020 — Professional development course “Basic Concepts of Turkology (Based on Crimean Tatar and Turkish Language and Literature)”, Fevzi Yakubov KIPU, Simferopol. Certificate No. 820400012744
  • 2022–2023 — Research internship at the Türk Dünyası Araştırma Vakfı (Turkic World Research Foundation), Istanbul. Certificate No. 6415

Completed research projects

Awards and acknowledgements

  • 2004 — published as a winner of the “Hronoslov” contest: poetry book “Krynytsia z rozbytym svichadom – Közgüsi qırıq quyu”
  • 2005 — diploma of the 3rd International Ternopil Book Forum (bilingual editions)
  • 2008 — laureate of the “Shellâle-2008” contest, “Most popular lyricist of the year”
  • 2010 — certificate of honour of KIPU
  • 2012 — acknowledgement, 12th International Sapanca Poetry Evenings (Türkiye)
  • 2013 — acknowledgement for organising the Crimean Tatar Latin alphabet course (Federation of Crimean Associations, Kocaeli)
  • 2014 — acknowledgement, 20th International Hazar Poetry Evenings (Elazığ, Türkiye)
  • 2015 — acknowledgement of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of the Republic of Crimea for outreach lectures for teachers in 6 regions

Memberships

National Writers' Union of Ukrainemember
Union of Crimean Tatar Writersmember