Kyrgyzstan Archive
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Kyrgyzstan-Turkey: a new big brother?
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No Comments17/01-2012 15:37, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency , by Asel OTORBAEVA Almazbek Atambayev as the President of Kyrgyzstan has finished his first official visit. Nobody surprised that Turkey was chosen... -
Video: Kyrgyzstan Wins First Pan-Turkic Pop Contest
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No CommentsMove over Eurovision: A 22-year-old from Kyrgyzstan has won Turkish state television’s first-ever “Eurasia Star” pop music competition, held in Istanbul, returning home with $30,000. After two weeks and six... -
Turkey seeks to institutionalize relations with Turkic republics
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 1 CommentCEREN KUMOVA / AYDIN ALBAYRAK, ANKARA As the 20th anniversary of independence arrives for the Turkic republics, Turkey is reviewing its connections with the countries it deems “brothers,” looking for... -
Kyrgyz police detain Turkish journalist as terror suspect
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsMoscow – Police in the Central Asian nation Kyrgyzstan have detained a Turkish journalist suspected of ties with Islamist terrorist groups, according to Wednesday news reports. Agents acting on orders... -
Pan-Turkic Summit in Istanbul Looks to Foster Unified Turkic Identity
Posted on October 28, 2010 | No CommentsISTANBUL (Hurriyet)–Delegates from Turkic countries gathered Thursday in Istanbul at the World Turkic Forum to highlight the common ties among their countries while promoting steps toward the creation of a... -
Turkish speaking countries declare Oct 3 as day of coop
Posted on October 4, 2010 | No CommentsTurkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that October 3 was declared as the day of cooperation among Turkish speaking countries. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that October 3 was... -
Turkey Bolsters Ties With Turkic States
Posted on September 22, 2010 | No CommentsTurkey Bolsters Ties With Turkic States Turkey Bolsters Ties With Turkic States Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 170 September 22, 2010 By Saban Kardas Turkey hosted the tenth... -
Turkic summit in Turkey concludes with declaration
Posted on September 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe 10th Summit of Heads of State of Turkish Speaking Countries in Istanbul ended after signing of a declaration. The 10th Summit of Heads of State of Turkish Speaking Countries... -
Kyrgyz politician sees Turkey as democracy model in Turkic world
Posted on August 22, 2010 | No CommentsKyrgyzstan’s ex-deputy PM said that Turkey proved that a modern democracy could be established both in the Turkic and the Islamic world. Kyrgyzstan’s former parliament speaker and deputy prime minister... -
Why Russia’s Medvedev is blasting ally Kyrgyzstan
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly criticized a government reform vote in Kyrgyzstan that passed Sunday with 91 percent support. Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader Roza Otunbayeva (front l.) greets a group of... -
Turkish Government Criticized for its Policy on Kyrgyzstan
Posted on June 25, 2010 | No CommentsTurkish Government Criticized for its Policy on Kyrgyzstan June 25, 2010—Volume 7, Issue 123 Eurasia Daily Monitor Saban Kardas On June 21, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, paid a visit... -
Big Powers May Not Save Kyrgyzstan
Posted on June 19, 2010 | No CommentsIf Kyrgyz-style violence should radiate across borders in Central Asia, the result could be a rise in Islamic militancy that would directly threaten Russia and the United States. Diplomatic Memo... -
Uzbeks Targeted in South Kyrgyzstan
Posted on June 19, 2010 | No CommentsDestruction of Uzbek Property Systemic; Aid Distribution Difficult The destruction caused by rioters looting and burning their way through ethnic Uzbek neighborhoods in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, was systematic and thorough, says... -
Uzbek, Turkmen Reps Skip Turkic-Speaking Assembly
Posted on October 2, 2009 | No CommentsThe Uzbek parliament building in Tashkent (file photo) October 02, 2009 BAKU — Uzbek and Turkmen deputies did not attend the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking countries in Baku, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani... -
TurkPA intends to get international status
Posted on October 2, 2009 | No CommentsThe Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkish-speaking countries (TurkPA) will work to obtain international status. “In the future TurkPA will firstly act as a guest and observer in the international organizations.... -
Uyghur Diaspora Faces Government Pressure in Kyrgyzstan
Posted on August 14, 2009 | No CommentsPublication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 156 August 13, 2009 12:25 PM Age: 1 days By: Erica Marat On August 10, Kyrgyz authorities detained Dilmurat Akbarov, the leader... -
Kyrgyzstan Uyghur Leaders Detained After Protest
Posted on August 10, 2009 | No CommentsEthnic Uyghur women grab at a riot police officer as they protest in Urumqi in China’s far west Xinjiang Province in July August 10, 2009 BISHKEK (Reuters) — Kyrgyzstan police... -
MASSACRE IN EASTERN TURKISTAN by Hasan Celal Guzel
Posted on July 12, 2009 | No CommentsColumnist Hasan Celal Guzel comments on the unrest in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. A summary of his column is as follows: “Do you know what place, outside Turkey itself,...












