@article{article_953097, title={Tatars and the Tatar Language in Germany}, journal={Tehlikedeki Diller Dergisi}, volume={11}, pages={320–335}, year={2021}, author={Cwiklinski, Sebastian}, keywords={Tatar diaspora, Germany, World Wars, propaganda, identity-building}, abstract={<p style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:12px;">This article discusses the history of the presence of Tatar language in Germany which came
into being as the result of political developments following World War I. The Germans captured Tatar
soldiers from the Russian army and interned the captives in camps designated especially for them, in
order to subject them to Pan-Islamic propaganda. The propaganda developed by a central at the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs might be regarded as the start of Tatar language publishing in Germany.
From 1928 the prominent exile politician Ayaz Iskhaki published a monthly journal directed at a global
community of Tatar exiles. </span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:12px;">
After the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 Tatars became even more important for
Germany. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Soviet Red Army were taken captive and the
state was eager to make use of their presence. A Volga-Ural legion within the German army was
founded and the military efforts were accompanied by a propaganda central which published a
newspaper, journals and literary almanacs in Tatar. In the years following World War II the Tatar
language also became part of US American propaganda efforts directed at the Soviet Union. In 1953
a Tatar-Bashkir branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was founded in Munich. Since the 1990s
many Tatars have migrated individually to Germany, mainly from Russia, and they have gradually
articulated a Tatar identity in which the language plays only a minor role. Only in the past few years a
younger generation of Tatars, arriving in Germany for their studies, has started publicly expressing
the importance of the Tatar language. </span> </p>}, number={19}, publisher={Ülkü ÇELİK ŞAVK}