Turkey is now a leading partner for many states within Central Asia. Sharing a common cultural inheritance, Ankara has been ...

The flags of the member-states of the Organization of Turkic States during the 10th Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Nov 3, 2023. Credit: Organization of Turkic States Subscribe for ads-free reading ...

Once dismissed as a remote frontier, Central Asia has emerged as the beating heart of Eurasia. Regional cooperation has changed the game, transforming these landlocked states from bystanders in ...

Throughout history, central Asia has been a meeting point for various cultures that came in contact with each other on the Silk Road trading routes. The Tang dynasty, which covered much of central and ...

This year’s Central Asia summit brought US regional policy away from rhetoric and toward implementation. When President Donald Trump welcomed the leaders of the five Central Asian nations to ...

An archeological investigation into an ancient city in central Asia has shed new light on the region's economic history.

In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day praised economic achievements that weren't real — just as local communist leaders ...

Olaf Scholz will make history on September 17 as the first German chancellor to visit Central Asia for a summit with the region’s five heads of state. The summit aims to promote closer ties on ...

Kazakhstan agrees to buy $4.2 billion in US locomotives in biggest rail deal in history. Uzbekistan signs deal to buy $8 billion in Boeing airplanes, President Trump and the company announce. Deals ...

At the 2016 World Nomad Games in Cholpon-ata, Kyrgyzstan, Kok-boru (also called Kokpar and Buzkashi) was a crowd favorite. Credit: Catherine Putz Subscribe for ads-free reading For the first time, ...

On April 5, a deputy of the city council of Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, Elizaveta Alymbaeva, complained about children singing jaramazan on the roads, thus creating emergencies for drivers.