Akhtem Chiygoz

A Ukrainian Crimean Tatar politician, deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People since 2008.

On January 29, 2015, Akhtem Chiygoz was detained by the security forces of the occupation authorities.In the autumn of 2017, Chiygoz and another Crimean Tatar political prisoner, Ilmi Umerov, were released from custody, since Turkey had requested their handover.

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