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Selim Abdulakim (also transliterated in Romanian as: Selim Abdulachim; 1886–1943) known as the first Crimean Tatar lawyer in Romania was a leading politician of the Tatars in Romania, an activist for ethnic Tatar causes.

Biography

Selim was born in 1886. He was the brother of Second Lieutenant Kázím Abdulakim, a World War I hero of the Romanian Army who lost his life during the Battle of Mărășești in 1917. Selim's sister Şefika, also known as Sapiye, was the wife of the beloved Crimean Tatar poet Memet Niyaziy. Selim was married to Sayide (also spelled in Romanian as Saide).

From 1911 he studied at the University of Bucharest's Law Faculty. Between the two wars, Selim was president of the Muslim community in Constanța[8]] and Deputy Mayor of Constanța. He was a deputy in the Parliament of Romania, where he defended the rights of the Muslims of Dobruja. He warned that as none of their wishes were taken into account, their emigration is a national threat.

Selim loved to be of help and support for young people. In 1929, he founded Selim Abdulakim Muslim Cultural Fund, a cultural association aimed at helping Muslim students from secondary schools and higher education, which had its office located in Constanța, at the corner of Ferdinand Avenue and Mircea cel Bătrân Street.

Selim died on 28 March 1943 in Constanța. He is resting in Constanța Muslim Central Cemetery at 44°10′23″N 28°37′20″E / 44.173120°N 28.622248°E / 44.173120; 28.622248. His wife, Sayide (1894–1967), rests in close proximity.

See also

• Kázím Abdulakim
• Memet Niyaziy

References

1. ^ Agi-Amet 1999.
2. Scurtu 2013, pp. 210, 212, 214.
3. Lascu 2013, pp. 238–240.
4. Ciorbea 2011, pp. 207–208.
5. ^ Akmolla 2009, pp. 54–56.
6. Scurtu 2011.
7. Biblioteca Centrală Universitară Carol I.
8. Lascu 2013, pp. 245–246.
9. Petrescu 1999.
10. Ciorbea 2011, p. 207-208.
11. Scurtu 2013, p. 214.
12. Lascu 2013, pp. 238–243.

Sources

• Agi-Amet, Gemal (1999). Dicționarul personalităților turco-tătare din România (in Romanian). Constanța: Metafora. ISBN 9789739340274.
• Scurtu, Costin (2011). "Comunitatea turco-tãtarã din Dobrogea în armatã". Tara Barsei (in Romanian). 2011 (10): 95. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
• Scurtu, Costin (24 September 2013), "Contribuții la păstrarea tradițiilor musulmane dobrogene în armata română", in Tasin Gemil; Gabriel Custurea; Delia Roxana Cornea (eds.), Simpozionul Internațional: Moștenirea culturală turcă în Dobrogea (in Romanian), Constanța: Muzeul de Istorie Națională și Arheologie
• Lascu, Stoica (24 September 2013), "Turco-tătarii dobrogeni în lumina unor mărturii arhivistice constănțene (1885–1948)", in Tasin Gemil; Gabriel Custurea; Delia Roxana Cornea (eds.), Simpozionul Internațional: Moștenirea culturală turcă în Dobrogea (in Romanian), Constanța: Muzeul de Istorie Națională și Arheologie
• Akmolla, Gúner (2009). Necip Hacı Fazıl (in Crimean Tatar) (III ed.). Constanţa: Newline. pp. 54–56. ISBN 9786069206027. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
• Ciorbea, Valentin (2011), "Dinamica și structura socio profesională a populației dobrogene (decembrie 1918-septembrie 1940)", in Stela Cheptea; Marusia Cirstea; Horia Dumitrescu (eds.), Istorie și societate (in Romanian), vol. II, București: Editura Mica Valahie, pp. 207–208, ISBN 9789737858719
• Petrescu, Marius (1999). "Tătari, și totuși fraţi". Formula AS (in Romanian). 1999 (383). Retrieved 1 September 2014.
• Biblioteca Centrală Universitară Carol I. "Cerere de bursă din 1911" (in Romanian). Biblioteca Centrală Universitară Carol I. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

• 1886 births
• 1943 deaths
• People from Constanța County
• Crimean Tatar activists
• Crimean Tatar lawyers
• Crimean Tatar politicians
• Romanian people of Crimean Tatar descent
• Romanian Muslims
• University of Bucharest alumni