Türkiye Kamuoyunda ''Dış Türkler'' Algısına Bir Katkı: Birinci Dünya Savaşına Kadar Türkistan Türkleri ile Türkiye Türklerinin ilişkileri ve Savaşta Türkistanlıların Desteği

Abstract

Turkey and Turkestan are two different regions with common ethnicity, history, language and culture. Although the relations between the two regions were interrupted in the 16th century, a substantial revival was recorded in the early 20th century. During the First World War, a great solidarity emerged thanks to the rise of nationalism which was an outcome of international circumstances, along with the contributions by intellectuals and the press. This study deals with a matter that has attracted little attention, namely the support that Turks of Turkestan gave to the Ottoman Empire during the War.

Keywords

• Turkey-Turkestan relations
• the First World War
• Turkestan
• Central Asia