Turanian Society
Turanian Society (Turkish: Turan cemiyeti, Tatar: Turan cämğiäte, Hungarian: Turáni Társaság), a society founded in 1839 by Tatars, aiming at uniting the various Turkic peoples of the Russian Empire.
The name is derived from Turan, an ancient Persian name for the land to the East of Iran where many Turkic peoples live, and Turan, the goal of an all Turks uniting state.
The organisation is one of the earliest forerunners for modern Pan-Turkism and Turanism.
During the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century similar societies were founded in many other countries with claimed Turanian roots:
- Hungarian Turanian Society, Hungary, founded 1910, a conservative and highly secretive Turanianist group.[1] It printed the Turan magazine, with frequent articles on Japan, sent a cultural mission to Japan in 1922 and supporting greater links between the Hungarian Royal Household and the Japanese Imperial Family[2];
- Turanian Alliance of Hungary founded 1920.
- Turanian National Alliance[3] or Alliance of Turanian People ("Turan Minzoku Domei"), founded in Japan in 1921
- Japanese Turanian Society early 1930s; and
In 1914, in the context of World War I, a Yenl Turan (New Turanian Society) was formed in Istanbul and supported by both Bolsheviks and the German Empire. This project had a strong Islamist agenda and aimed also at non-Turanian Muslims of Central Asia.[4]
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References
- ^ The origins of Himalayan studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson in Nepal and Darjeeling, 1820- 1858, David M. Waterhouse
- ^ TURANCILAR YASAYIBLAR- YASAYIRIG, Turan-I, message, Yahoo.com
- ^ The Nazi Connection with Shambhala and Tibet, Alexander Berzin, May 2003, The Berzin Archives
- ^ PAN-TURANIAN MOVEMENT MENACES CENTRAL ASIA; Turkish Leaders of Islam Hope to Realize Dream of Power With Help of Bolsheviki --German Aid in the Offing--37,500,000 Being Organized for Invasion Racial Unity. PAN-TURANIAN MENACE Industry as a Remedy., By Dr. W.D.P. BLISS., March 14, 1920, Sunday, The New York Times. Zoom in to see the article properly
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