The five best things to do in Turkistan
(Image credit: Gaertner/Alamy) By Nylah Lee26th September 2023 From Karavansaray to the Aziret Sultan Complex, Kazakh tour guide Daulet Meldekhanov shares five unmissable stops on a visit to the city of […]
Evolution of Islam in Kazakhstan: How Modern Kazakh Muslims Balance Their Religious Identity, the Soviet Legacy and National Traditions
BY AIBARSHYN AKHMETKALI in CONGRESS OF LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS, SOCIETY on 15 AUGUST 2022 Editor’s Note: In the run-up to the seventh Congress of Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions to be held […]
Why now is the time to connect the Caspian to the world
LUKE COFFEY December 23, 2022 DAILY SABAH Short Url The presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan — Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ilham Aliyev, and Serdar Berdimuhamedov — met last week in […]
Erdoğan calls to start work on sending Turkmen gas to Western markets
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DEC 14, 2022 – 12:33 PM GMT+3 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday told his Azerbaijani and Turkmen counterparts that they need to “start working on the […]
Organization of Turkic States unveils detailed road map in Samarkand
BY FATMA GÖKSU SAMARKAND NOV 11, 2022 – DAILY SABAH This handout photograph released by The Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey on November 11, 2022, shows Turkey’s President Recep […]
Istanbul becomes youth capital of Turkic World
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL SEP 30, 2022 – DAILY SABAH People are seen standing on the terrace of the city lines ferry at sunset in Istanbul and Süleymaniye Mosque in the […]
Turkmenistan at a crossroads
LUKE COFFEY February 18, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/bm6uw The 64-year-old president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, last week announced that early elections will take place next month. Originally scheduled for 2024, […]
The Taliban are finding friends hard to come by
LUKE COFFEYJanuary 22, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/67726 Months after taking power the Taliban is having difficulty gaining the international recognition it desperately desires. The group has also made no progress […]
The Turkic world from a cultural perspective
BY MUHAMMET ALI GÜLER JAN 11, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Illustration by Erhan Yalvaç. In October 2009, the Turkic Council, which recently changed its name to “the Organization of Turkic […]
Logic of Turkey’s diplomatic activism
BY TALHA KÖSE DEC 01, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Planet Earth is lit by the lights of large cities, with Turkey seen at the center. (Photo by Shutterstock) In the […]
Turkic Council’s name changed to Organization of Turkic States
ISTANBUL The name of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) has been changed to the Organization of Turkic States, according to a joint declaration of the Council’s 8th […]
Turkmenistan leader unveils giant gold dog statue
Turkmenistan’s president has bestowed his favourite dog breed with the highest honour – a giant golden statue. Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov unveiled the 19ft (6m) statue of the Alabay dog in the […]
Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey given permission to search Saudi consulate
(CNN)Saudi Arabia has given Turkey permission to search its Istanbul consulate Monday afternoon, nearly two weeks after journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing there, a Turkish diplomatic source told CNN. The […]
PBS Documentary: Islam: Empire of Faith
The Making of Islam: Empire of Faith By Robert Gardner, Producer The production of Islam: Empire of Faith was a big challenge from the beginning, simply because it covered more […]
An inward journey toward home, Bukhara the beautiful
MERYEM İLAYDA ATLAS @miailayda Published May 5, 2018 Erdoğan’s visit has reminded all of us that Uzbekistan’s importance for Turkey goes beyond mere economic cooperation but is based on strong […]
Eurasian century beckons
EDITORIAL THE EDITORIAL BOARD ISTANBUL The ancient modern Silk Road between China and Europe will be revived, spreading prosperity and security along the way. This was the message sent at […]
Turkish foreign policy: Breaking the mold?
SINEM CENGIZ | Published — Saturday 5 November 2016 Sinem Cengiz Last month, while referring to Turkey’s concerns regarding the situation in Iraq to Crimea, Syria to Cyprus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “Turkey is not just Turkey… it is also responsible to the hundreds of millions of our […]
Russia, Turkey refuse to back down in row over jet downing
By Reuters – Nov 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Turkish army truck loaded with a tank heading to the Syrian border near Yayladagi, Turkey, Wednesday (AP photo) ISTANBUL/NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the World Wide Web
Source: ahmadiyya-islam.org | alislam.org ONLINE NETWORK Al Islam (International) Countries in Africa Mauritius (English) Tanzania (Swahili) Countries in Asia Bangladesh China India India (Gurmukhi, Punjabi) India (Malayalam) India (Tamil) Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Iran Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia Turkey Uzbekistan Countries in Europe Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria France Germany Greece Iceland Italy […]
Islamic Heritage in Turkmenistan
Huff Post: by Emily O’Dell. Treasure Hunting in Turkmenistan J-Lo isn’t the only one who went to Turkmenistan this summer. I was there too — but unlike J-Lo, I didn’t […]