Top Ten Reasons for the Name "Turko-Tatar"
 

10	"Turcotatar" is a former Library of Congress subject heading.
9	"Turko-Tatar" was a common designation associated with academic Turkology in the 19th century.
8	The term "Turko-Tatar" was used in scholarly works such as the Allgemeine Grammatik der turko-tatarischen Sprachen by the Azeri scholar A. Kazem-bek (Kazan, 1839), or L.Z. Budagov’s Sravnitel’nïy slovar’ turetsko-tatarskix narechiy, i-ii (St.  Petersburg, 1869-1871).
7	By the early 20th century, many Turkic intellectuals were commonly using the term "Turko-Tatar" when referring to the entire Turkic world.
6	This term was used in scholarship in this period by native Turkic scholars such as Zeki Velidi [Togan] in his Türk wä Tatar tarixi (Kazan, 1912).
5	This term is still in common use among many Turkic peoples today.
4	This term is inclusive of all the Turkic-speaking peoples without giving preference to one specific group in any language, since many languages do not distinguish between "Turkic" and "Turkish".
3	This term is not geographically specific, so it does not give preference to any one area inhabited by Turkic-speaking peoples today or in the past.
2	This term does not emphasize one modern state tradition over another.
1	Kemal Silay is Turkish & Uli Schamiloglu is Kazan Tatar!