[2] During Qaytarma, a male dancer holds his arms apart and forms fists, making short, provocative movements with small jumps.

[8] The second theory claims that the dance originated with the arrival of Sephardic Jews in Crimea following their expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula through the Crimean Roma.

[9][10] In a 1925 archaeological and ethnographic expedition of Crimea, Crimean Tatar researchers Usein Bodaninsky, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, and Asan Refatov [ru] recorded 25 different versions of Qaytarma.

[7] The first written piece of Qaytarma music was created by Alexander Spendiaryan in 1903 during his stay in Bilohirsk (then known as Karasubazar) as part of his Crimean Sketches symphony.

Crimean Tatar director Akhtem Seitablayev has referenced Qaytarma multiple times, most notable as the title and opening sequence of his 2013 film Haytarma.