Many of her song lyrics were inspired by the tormented Crimean Tatar history , and her patriotism and strong affinity for her cultural homeland of Crimea . For several years , Zarema was enlisted to read her lyrics at the annual commemorative ceremony at the grave of the legendary Crimean Tatar poet , Eshref Shemyi-zade , who in 1978 had been laid to rest in a cemetery near her hometown
Crimean Tatar history
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
Zarema