Crimea has been home to Turkish communities since the early ages. The region literally became a Turkish-Islamic land during the Crimean Khanate. However, after the fall of the Crimean Khanate, Turkish traces in Crimea began to be deliberately erased during the period of Russian rule in the region. The names of cities, towns, villages, rivers, etc. were changed and architectural traces were tried to be erased. The ethnographic structure of Crimea was changed and the Crimean Turks, the noble owners of the peninsula, were expelled from their homeland. In this study, Turkish traces in the Crimean region have been tried to be identified through the Crimean Khanate Kadıasker Notebooks. In addition to the notebooks examined personally, postgraduate studies were also used in the study. The most important aim of the study is to reveal the importance of the kadıasker notebooks in revealing the historical memory of the Crimean Peninsula. In addition, the importance of the Crimean region in terms of Turkish culture and the need for the Crimean Turks to have a say in Crimea, whose status is a matter of debate today, were intended to be put forward.
General Turkish History, Crimean, Crimean Khanate, Bakhchisaray, Kadıasker Notebooks