The history of the Tatar-Bashkir Diaspora formation in Turkey

Abstract

This scientific paper studies the formation of Tatar-Bashkir communities in Turkey. This problem is poorly covered in the scientific literature, which actualizes the study of this topic. The study of the existing literature on Russian emigrants reveals the features of resettlement from Russia. At the beginning of the paper the authors consider the history of emigration of the Turkic peoples from the Ural-Volga region to Turkey. The authors briefly showed various forms of resettlement from Russia to Turkey. Its the first time the paper has reflected the documentary history of the Society of Culture and Social Assistance of the Idel-Ural Turks in Istanbul from the moment of its formation to the present. A wide range of sources and literature, such as official documents, funds of the National Archive of the Republic of Bashkortostan, personal archives of the authors, were involved in the disclosure of the research problem. The constituent documents of the said company were used in the work: charters officially adopted in 1955 and 1992. The paper lists functioning Tatar-Bashkir communities in Turkey. It examines the activities of some well-known and little-known public figures of emigration. It is concluded that thanks to the activities of Tatar-Bashkir societies in Turkey, emigrants manage to preserve their cultural identity.