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Turkish/Tatar Hodja Abdürreşid İbrahim is a thinker and activist who has played a significant role for Turks and Japanese to get to know each other. When the Russian pressure increased during his activities for the Muslims of Russia, he went on a long trip, most of which he devoted to Japan. In the early 20th century he went to Japan, where he introduced the religion of Islam and made some political studies. He explained the Japanese with whom he made friends that the eastern nations should form an alliance against the West. His proposals were appreciated and supported to some extent as his circle of friends with whom he had developed good relations was predominantly made up of Japanese nationalists who supported Asian expansionism. His oriental union project was a great ideal that encompassed a large geography and a crowded population, where the Ottoman Empire was thought to be the leader. A strong and Muslim ally was needed for such a project. Abdürreşid İbrahim, with the idea of attaching the Japanese to the Ottoman caliphate, mentioned the necessity of attaching to the authority of the caliphate to his Japanese friends who were either Muslims or tended to become Muslims and he made some attempts in this direction. In this article, Abdürreşid İbrahim´s view on getting the Eastern unity and Japanese join the Ottoman caliphate has been examined.

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