“Unity in Language, Thoughts, Deeds”: The Ideas of Ismail Gasprinskii and Conceptualization of Turkic Nationalism in Turkey

At the last decades of long 19th century, a prominent Russian Muslim journalist and educator, Ismail Gasprinskii (1851–1914), promoted cultural-political project for Muslims, which after Revolution 1905 gradually shifted to idea national-cultural autonomy within empire, some Gasprinskii’s ideas were reinterpreted he personally became known as pan-Turkist, especially in USSR Turkey. This case study aims at examining how image was embedded into pan-Turkic discourse Hence, we focus on key authors, including founders pan-Turkism Yusuf Akçura Ziya Gökalp, who initiated process portraying one “ideologists pan-Turkism”. Following main aim study, also briefly analyze along with per se. We argue that there are two central narratives, solidified imagination “pan-Turkist”. First, myth his studying Moscow military gymnasium amidst “militant pan-Slavism”, second, reinterpretation slogan “Unity language, thoughts, deeds”, appeared heading newspaper Perevodchik-Terjiman October 1912, years before death.