Ittifaq Party | |
Native Name: | Татар милли бәйсезлек партиясе «Иттифак» |
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Leader: | Fauziya Bayramova |
Foundation: | April 1990 |
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Country: | Tatarstan |
Newspaper: | Altyn Urda |
Flag: | Flag of the Party "Ittifak".jpg |
The Party of Tatar National Independence Ittifaq is a political party founded in the Tatar ASSR in April, 1990, and officially registered on January 3, 1992.[1] Ittifaq was the first non-communist party in Tatarstan. It is commonly referred to as a Tatar nationalist party. It was named in honour of Ittifaq al-Muslimin, a pre-revolutionary Muslim political party represented in the Duma in Tsarist Russia.
The aims, as claimed by the party, are:
The permanent leader of the Ittifaq party is Fauziya Bayramova. She has been leading the party for more than 20 years. The party published its own newspaper - Altyn Urda - from 1993 to 1998.