Sabir Rustamkhanly – A Poet Captivated By Crimea

A prominent Azerbaijani poet, activist and politician Sabir Rustamkhanly is the holder of the honorary title of People’s Poet of the Azerbaijan Republic. In the late 1970s, Rustamkhanly visited Crimea and met the first Crimean Tatars who were returning to their homeland in those years. This trip remained forever in his memory and in his work – Sabir Rustamkhanly dedicated several of his poems to Crimea.
Based on materials by journalist and writer Zera Bekirova.