turantales

turantales has been a member of Linktree for 1 year and joined in July 2025. The social media accounts linked to from turantales are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube Besides social media accounts, turantales has populated their site with: • Can Tajikistan fix Central Asia’s water crisis? • Episode 44: Why does China have an image problem in Central Asia? • Episode 45: Is “post-Soviet” still relevant? • Episode 46: Where is development taking Central Asia? • Episode 47: Does Central Asia need left-wing politics? • Blood brothers: How China’s war against Muslims spilled over to Kazakhstan • Episode 43: Has Islam ever posed a threat to the Uzbek state? • Episode 42: Why Central Asia still needs akyns - the poets who speak truth to power • Episode 41: Hashish and survival in rural Kyrgyzstan • Episode 40: Abdulla Qodiriy's "Bygone Days" and the fight for intellectual property rights • Episode 39: What cinema can tell us about Central Asia • Iya’s lifelines: A Jewish journey to survival in Central Asia • Episode 38: Inside Turan. The Persian legacy in Central Asia • Episode 37: What has become of Russia's Wartime exiles in Central Asia? • Episode 36: Why is crypto growing in Central Asia - and who benefits? • Episode 35: Who is crying for Tashiev? The end of Kyrgyzstan's ruling duo • Rainbow Almaty: The end of a queer dream • Episode 34: Tengrism in Central Asia. From ancient belief to cultural phenomenon • Episode 33: Lessons on independence from the former Soviet republics • Episode 32: Kazakh women across centuries: From the yurt to digital resistance • Episode 31: Why is Kazakhstan rewriting its Constitution? • Episode 30: Goodbye, old Dushanbe. Hello, AI hub? • Episode 29: The human rights system is in peril. What does it mean for Central Asia? • Good education: The rise and fall of Hizmet schools in Central Asia • Episode 28: From nomad tents to Soviet walls - The story of Central Asian carpets • Episode 27: The Tajik-Afghan borderland - What’s going on and how we got here • Episode 26: The limits of change in the "New Uzbekistan" • Episode 25: Black gold nation - How oil and gas shaped Kazakhstan • Episode 24: Can modern art flourish in Central Asia? • Episode 23: After the elections - Inside the “New Kyrgyzstan” • Episode 22: Who will save Samarkand? • The Unlikely mercenaries: Central Asians fighting Russia’s war • Episode 21: Is Turkmenistan finally opening up? • Episode 20: The past and present of US engagement with Central Asia • Episode 19: Why is Tajikistan fighting witchcraft? • Episode 18: Uyat - Shame made in Central Asia • The Capital: In search of Astana's soul • Episode 17: The most famous Uzbek writer few in Uzbekistan have heard of • Episode 16: What does it mean to be Kazakhstani? • Episode 15: Looking back at the 'Estrada' - pop music of Soviet Central Asia • Episode 14: Central Asian ‘first daughters’ - heirs, icons, or leaders? • The girl with the seals: A fight for the Caspian’s last mammals • Episode 13: Post-Soviet nostalgia and colonial legacy in Central Asia • Episode 12: From Elbasy to pensioner. The legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev • Episode 11: Who’s left to defend Central Asian migrants in Russia? • “What am I, just cattle you can give away?” A nomadic tradition meets modern reality • Episode 10: Powering Central Asia - Is nuclear the best bet? • Episode 9: Is Central Asia’s cotton finally becoming ethical? • Episode 8: Whatever happened to Central Asia's "Island of Democracy"? • “Families should be built on love.” The story of a Kyrgyz stolen bride. • Episode 7: Why Tajikistan’s opposition turned to the International Criminal Court? • Episode 6: What’s behind China’s archaeological digs in Central Asia? • From the alas to the steppe. How Kazakhstan became the go-to place for Sakha people fleeing Russia’s war • The Jadids - Muslim modernists purged by Stalin, reclaimed by Uzbekistan • Central Asia: BFFs or just friends with benefits? • "Then Trump came to power": Under-threat Karakalpak activist denied US resettlement • Episode 3: Reputation laundering in Central Asia • Episode 2: Why Uzbekistan's elite infighting turned violent? • Atomic Kazakhstan: The invisible curse • Episode 1: The quest to normalise Central Asia