Yusuf Memet oğlu Bolat (pen name Ainur; Russian: Юсуф Меметович Болат; 16 March [O.S.
[6] Previously in 1928 he wrote a school play about the World War of 1914 that was popular with young audiences.
"[7] During World War II he served as the deputy editor of the Crimean Tatar newspaper "Qızıl Qırım" and starting in September 1942 he worked in Moscow making broadcasts appealing to Soviet citizens who lived under Nazi occupation to keep on fighting.
[6] The deportation put a long halt to his literary activities since it resulted in the shutdown of all Crimean Tatar language media.
"[7] Eventually in 1957 the government allowed the Crimean Tatar language newspaper "Lenin Bayrağı" to be printed in Tashkent.