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Turko-Tatar
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- "Turcotatar" is a former Library of Congress subject heading.
- "Turko-Tatar" was a common designation associated with academic Turkology in the 19th century.
- 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 (Kasan, 1839), or L.Z. Budagov’s Sravnitel’nïy slovar turetsko-tatarskix narechiy, i-ii (St. Petersburg, 1869-1871).
- By the early 20th century, many Turkic intellectuals were commonly using the term "Turko-Tatar" when referring to the entire Turkic world.
- This term was used in scholarship in this period by native Turkic scholars such as Zeki Velidi [Togan] in his Türk wä Tatar tarîxı (Qazan, 1912).
- This term is still in common use among many Turkic peoples today.
- 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".
- 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.
- This term does not emphasize one modern state tradition over another.