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The world of eight Turkic states and forty-one Turkic peoples on one page: the day's top news, places worth visiting, weather in the capitals and an encyclopedia spanning millennia of history.
Mirziyoyev receives Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in Samarkand to discuss strategic partnershipPolitics · 2 hours agoMirziyoyev receives Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev in Samarkand, stresses cultural and humanitarian exchange planPolitics · 2 hours ago
Azerbaijan approves 11 investment projects worth $24 million in KyrgyzstanEconomy · 4 hours ago
Kyrgyzstan's economy grows 10.8 percent in the first nine monthsEconomy · 4 hours agoTurkic States Parliamentary Assembly meetings begin in Bishkek as Kazakhstan's parliament speaker arrivesOTS and diplomacy · 5 hours agoForeign ministers of Central Asia and the United States meet in Samarkand in the C5+1 formatInternational · 8 hours ago
Kazakhstan's Yerkin Gabbasov wins Asian Para Games shooting gold with a Games recordSports · 10 hours ago
Kazakhstan joins the Alliance for Cultural Heritage in Asia as an observer stateCulture · 10 hours ago
Turkmenistan's president proposes a regional centre to combat desertification for Central AsiaNature · 12 hours ago
Kazakhstan's men's épée team wins World Cup gold in CasablancaSports · 12 hours ago
NatureTurkmenistan's president proposes a regional centre to combat desertification for Central Asia
SportsKazakhstan's men's épée team wins World Cup gold in Casablanca
SportsKazakhstan's Merey Bazarbayev becomes U23 world wrestling champion
Science & educationTashkent International Fashion Academy to be set up, with classes starting in the 2026/2027 academic year
Science & educationScholars from six countries agree to jointly study the history of the Golden Horde and the Ulus of JochiSpecialists from Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Mongolia signed an agreement in Almaty to set up a scientific consortium for the joint study of steppe civilisation, above all the history of…20 hours ago
Kyrgyzstan and Armenia sign 10 documents in Irevan, including a 2027–2029 cooperation roadmap22 hours ago
Kazakhstan's Sunkar Kanibek wins junior gold at the World Karate Championships in Poland23 hours ago
TÜRKSOY in Ankara discusses preparations for Kayseri as 2027 Capital of Turkic World Culture24 hours ago
Three Turkmen para-powerlifters to compete at the Asian Para Games in Japan24 hours agoFrom the Huns to today — Turkic states in chronological order
209 BCThe Great Hun (Xiongnu) Empire (209 BC – AD 216)The first great steppe empire, founded by Mete (Modu) — regarded in Turkish historiography as the beginning of Turkic statehood.
The European Hun Empire (374–469)The empire that began when Balamber crossed the Volga, stretched from the Rhine to the Caucasus under Attila and redrew the map of Europe.Read more →
The Göktürk Khaganate (552–744)The first state to bear the name "Türk": the steppe empire founded by Bumin Khagan in 552, stretching from Manchuria to the Black Sea.Read more →
The Khazar Khaganate (650–969)The trading state that gave the Caspian Sea its Turkic name and ruled between the Volga and the Caucasus for three centuries.Read more →Baku
Azerbaijan
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Ankara
Türkiye
12°13° / 4°
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Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
22°26° / 11°
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Astana
Kazakhstan
10°15° / 3°
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Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
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Tashkent
Uzbekistan
18°24° / 9°
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Lefkoşa
Northern Cyprus (TRNC)
22°24° / 12°
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Budapest
Hungary
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AzerbaijanFlame Towers
TürkiyeCappadocia
TurkmenistanWedding Palace
KazakhstanCharyn Canyon
KyrgyzstanTian Shan
UzbekistanRegistan
Northern Cyprus (TRNC)Kyrenia harbour
HungaryParliamentPhoto: Lloyd Alozie / Unsplash
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