Who did write this article Some idiot or a hater Who cares the the word s origin It is the unification of all Turkish lands Turanism is the ideology of unification of the Turks That is it No need to blubber more Preceding unsigned comment added by This article is about what Turan originally means not what Turks like to think Hitler also abused the historical term Aryan but it does not mean that it is originally defined in the way Hitler liked it Turan is an Iranian historical and mythological term and regardless of pan turkist abuses it s original meaning will never change Anyway if you can find any source which shows turks used the term Turan before iranians then we can talk The Iranian myth Shahname which you refer to reads Turan and Turkestan did he give unto Tur and made him master of the Turks and of China but unto Irij he gave Iran with the throne of might and the crown of supremacy So even your Firdawsi clearly states that Turan was the land of Turks It is just the word Turan was Persian way of saying Turkestan Preceding unsigned comment added by shahname isn t academic recurse as you tell it is myth and can be not true