Definitions

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  • noun A political movement started more than 100 years ago aiming to unite the various Turkic peoples into a modern political state.

Etymologies

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pan- + Turk + -ism

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Examples

  • I've long studied Pan-Turkism, which arose in the 19th century at the same time as Russian-led Pan-Slavism.

    Eric Margolis: "Dr. Death Says The U.S. Is Really, Really Sick." 2010

  • I've long studied Pan-Turkism, which arose in the 19th century at the same time as Russian-led Pan-Slavism.

    Eric Margolis: "Dr. Doom Says the U.S. Is Really, Really Sick" 2010

  • The ` deep state 'advocates extreme Turkish nationalism and revived Pan-Turkism, or Turanism, the unification of all Turkic peoples from Turkey to the Great Wall of China.

    Eric Margolis: Dangerous Intrigues in Istanbul 2009

  • This wider stage of nationalism has attained its highest development among the Turks; where, indeed, it has gone through two distinct phases, describable respectively by the terms "Pan-Turkism" and

    The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916

  • Passing the bounds of the limited, mainly territorial, idea connoted by the term "Ottomanism," it had embraced the far-flung and essentially racial concepts known as "Pan-Turkism" and

    The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916

  • Hamlet Harutyunyan: Negotiations between Yerevan and Ankara proved that Armenia is a civilized state while Turkey is guided by Pan-Turkism ideology.

    Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net 2010

  • The negotiations between Yerevan and Ankara proved that Armenia is a civilized state while Turkey is guided by Pan-Turkism ideology, said

    Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net 2010

  • Hamlet Harutyunyan: Negotiations between Yerevan and Ankara proved that Armenia is a civilized state while Turkey is guided by Pan-Turkism ideology.

    Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net 2010

  • Hamlet Harutyunyan: Negotiations between Yerevan and Ankara proved that Armenia is a civilized state while Turkey is guided by Pan-Turkism ideology.

    Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net 2010

  • Hamlet Harutyunyan: Negotiations between Yerevan and Ankara proved that Armenia is a civilized state while Turkey is guided by Pan-Turkism ideology.

    Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net 2010

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