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A Taboo: Why the Civil War is not Remembered in Tajikistan’s Art

Farrukh Negmatzade, ‘Women behind trees’ (Image:  Redwood Art Group via flickr) In modern-day Tajikistan, artists choose to celebrate the natural …

‘The Age of Maturity for the Turkmen Spirit’: The Ruhnama and identity production in post-Soviet Turkmenistan 

Photograph: Beth via Flikr. Towering above Ashgabat’s Independence Park is a ten-metre monument of the Ruhnama: the magnum opus of …
Baiterek Tower, Astana

Turkic Winds of Change: How Kazakhstan and Türkiye are Forging a New Strategic Partnership

Photograph: Ninara via Flikr In September this year, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan travelled to Astana, the gleaming capital of …