Editing Turan (section)

==== Geography ====
[[File:Stielers Handatlas 1891 59.jpg|thumb|Another 19th-century "Map of [[Iran]] and Turan", drawn by [[Adolf Stieler]]]]
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Western languages borrowed the word ''Turan'' as a general designation for modern [[Central Asia]], although this expression has now fallen into disuse. Turan appears next to [[Iran]] on numerous maps of the 19th century<ref>[[:File:Iran Turan map 1843.jpg]]</ref> to designate a region encompassing modern [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] and northern parts of [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]]. This area roughly corresponds to what is called [[Central Asia]] today.

The phrase ''Turan Plain'' or ''[[Turan Depression]]'' became a geographical term referring to a part of Central Asia.