Abstract:

Japan, is one of the farthest places where, the name Turk and Turkic culture extend. There are several opinions expressed in the local and foreign literature about the existence of the linguistic, cultural and ethnical ties between the Turks and the Japanese. However, there are not many works regarding the Turkic nations who lived in East Asia and Japan. Recently some works have begun to be publishid concerning the Volga Ural origined Turkic nations who settled in Japanese occupied lands such as China, Korea and Japan between the two world wars. Commonly these Turkic groups are named as Kazan Tatars or Turco-Tatars but the use of the name Turco-Tatar sometimes prompts questions. In this paper we intend to examine the use of the name Turco-Tatar and how the Volga-Ural origined Turkic nations are defined in first hand archival materials, whilst expressing our opinions about this subject.

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