Turanian Society
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Turanian Society (Turkish language: Tûran cemiyti, Tatar language: Turan cämğiäte), 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 Turkestan , the Turkic languages areas of Central Asia.
The organisation is one of the earliest fore-runners 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 perceived Turanian roots.
- Hungarian Turanian Society, Hungary, founded 1910,
- Turanian Alliance of Hungary founded 1920
- Turanian National Alliance, Japan 1921
- Japanese Turanian Society early 1930s
- Turanian Army, Finland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Prussia and Turkey founded 2005
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