从苏联解体前一段时间起,苏联各民族间矛盾日益尖锐,民族名称频繁出现于报端,而涉及苏联境内一些突厥语族的民族译名出现了一些混乱,如“士耳其族的鞑靼人”、“突厥族的鞑靼人”;“土耳其族加告兹人”、“突厥族加告兹人”;“土耳其斯坦”等等。甚至出现了“鞑靼人是土耳其人的一支”的译文。“突厥”与“土耳其”是两个不同的概念。各有准确的含义,不能混同,不能通用.必须正确加以区别和使用,以免谬种流传,贻笑大方。“突厥”在历史上是在亚洲中部存在过的 Some time ago from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the contradictions among the various ethnic groups in the Soviet Union have become increasingly acute. Names of ethnic minorities frequently appear in newspapers and newspapers. Some ethnic Turkic-speaking ethnic translators in the Soviet Union have experienced some confusion, such as the “Tartars ”,“ Turks tartar ”; “ Turkish Gazette ”“ Turks Gazoo ”; “ Turkestan ”and so on. There even appeared a translation of “The Tatar is one of the Turks.” Turkic and Turkish are two different concepts. Each has its own precise meaning, can not be confused, can not be used universally, and must be correctly distinguished and used in order to avoid the spread of absurdity and ridicule. Turks have historically existed in central Asia