Cimmerians

Crimean Tatars. Are these the people you're refering to, Kapikoğlu?
I'm asking because my father is a Crimean Tatar; His family escaped to Turkey and Bulgaria, I think in first half of 20th century but I will verify.


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I've read in at least a couple of sources that the Cimmerians spoken of in the context of the invasion in Anatolia either settled there and mingled with local populations or withdrew into the regions between the Black and Caspian seas after encountering stiff resistance from the Medes and Assyrians.  This appears to be the only time in which they made significant inroads into civilized areas and it may not have ended well for them, since we have no extensive records of their existence otherwise.  It should be noted that they invasion came at the end of a period when the civilizations of Mesopotamia and the eastern Mediterranean were reeling from the effects of a massive influx of nomadic raiders which included the notorious "sea peoples".