- Turko-Tatar
* "Turcotatar" is a former
Library of Congress subject heading.
* "Turko-Tatar" was a common designation associated with academicTurkology in the 19th century.
* The term "Turko-Tatar" was used in scholarly works such as the "Allgemeine Grammatik der turko-tatarischen Sprachen" by the Azeri scholar A. Kazem-bek (Kasan, 1839), or L.Z. Budagov’s "Sravnitel’nïy slovar turetsko-tatarskix narechiy", i-ii (St. Petersburg, 1869-1871).
* By the early 20th century, many Turkic intellectuals were commonly using the term "Turko-Tatar" when referring to the entire Turkic world.
* This term was used in scholarship in this period by native Turkic scholars such asZeki Velidi Togan in his "Türk wä Tatar tarîxı" (Qazan, 1912).
* This term is still in common use among manyTurkic peoples today.
* This term is inclusive of all the Turkic-speaking peoples without giving preference to one specific group in any language, since many languages do not distinguish between "Turkic" and "Turkish".
* This term is not geographically specific, so it does not give preference to any one area inhabited by Turkic-speaking peoples today or in the past.
* This term does not emphasize one modern state tradition over another.Sometimes this term is used to designate Muslim Turkic population of the
Russian Empire , except the Central Asian, i.e. generallyAzeris ,Bashkirs ,Kazakhs ,Tatars , as well as numerous Turkic peoples of Caucasus.
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