The Jadids - Muslim modernists purged by Stalin, reclaimed by Uzbekistan - check out the new episode of Turan Tales podcast and subscribe to my newsletter open.substack.com/pub/turantales…

From the alas to the steppe. How Kazakhstan became the go-to destination for Sakha people fleeing Russia’s war - check out my new long read on Turan Tales open.substack.com/pub/turantales…

Had a great conversation with Agnieszka Pikulicka for Turan Tales on China-Central Asia: Subscribe to her podcast on any platform you use: plinkhq.com/i/1799753984?t…

Check out the last episode of Turan Tales, in which I speak to Steve Swerdlow about Tajikistan, and the case filed against the country with the International Criminal Court turantales.substack.com/publish/posts/…

“Meerim remembers the price her husband paid for luring her to his house. It was 1964 and her freedom was worth 80 roubles – equivalent to a Sputnik bicycle or, with luck, a pair of black-market jeans.” Read or listen to my new long read on Turan Tales. open.substack.com/pub/turantales…

Whatever happened to Central Asia's "island of democracy"? In the new episode of Turan Tales podcast I speak with Rinat Tuhvatshin, the co-founder of Kloop, Kyrgyzstan's leading investigative media turantales.substack.com/p/episode-8-wh…

📢📢Read our new report on the alarming attack on #FreedomOfExpression in #Uzbekistan. 27,928 social media users targeted in first 10 months of 2024 alone for speech-related offences, including "insulting the president online". bit.ly/3HMOzu7

🎧Tune in to this interview with Umida Niyazova and Agnieszka Pikulicka for Turan Tales Podcast. A personal story of the defence of #HumanRights in #Uzbekistan, violations at #cotton producer Indorama Agro, & why the cotton sector is still risky. bit.ly/44ajqID

‘The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It is visible with the naked eye’. Read my latest story for Al Jazeera aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/27…

We’ve been featured in Al Jazeera English ! 🌊 Al Jazeera, Agnieszka Pikulicka highlights our Save The Caspian Sea campaign & Vadim Ni i’s legal push for transparency in oil/gas deals to protect the shrinking Caspian Sea. 📰 Read more: aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/27… #CaspianCrisis #ClimateAction

Władimir Putin z jednej strony próbuje odbudować sowieckie imperium, z drugiej - nie wszystkimi byłymi sowieckimi republikami interesuje się tak samo bardzo. Zachód zresztą też nie, choć niesłusznie. Tłumaczy to Agnieszka Pikulicka - autorka podcastu "Turan tales", która jest jedną z

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In the latest episode of Turan Tales, Shahida Tulaganova talks about her film "Spirit Untamed" on Bahrom Hamroev - a human rights defender who spent years supporting Central Asian migrants in Russia. He was jailed in 2022 for alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir links substack.com/home/post/p-16…

🎧Must listen Agnieszka Pikulicka & Shahida Tulaganova : The #CentralAsian migrants making hard choices between risking their lives on #Ukraine's battlefields or unemployment at home. A tribute to the work of Bahrom Hamroev imprisoned in #Russia for trying to help them. bit.ly/4kUrh3i

Tune in to Turan Tales, where I talked to Agnieszka Pikulicka about the long shadow Nazarbayev casts over #Kazakhstan even six years after he stepped down as president after 30 years in power substack.com/@turantales/no…

In the new episode of Turan Tales, Joanna Lillis and I delve into the mixed legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan's first president, who ruled the country for almost 30 years. turantales.substack.com/p/episode-12-f…

Over the past few weeks, Poland has been immersed in a violent anti-migrant hysteria. Read my story for Al Jazeera English on how it started and what it's all about aljazeera.com/features/2025/…

Listen to the new episode of Turan Tales, where Selbi Durdiyeva and I look at Central Asia’s postcolonial legacy and how Russia’s centuries-long influence has shaped ways of thinking, institutions, and everyday life in the region turantales.substack.com/p/episode-13-p…

The Caspian Sea is shrinking, its shores littered with seal carcasses. For scientist Assel Baimukanova, each one tells the story of an ecosystem on the brink. Read or listen to Turan Tales' new long read from Aktau turantales.substack.com/p/the-girl-wit…

Central Asian ‘first daughters’ - heirs, icons, or leaders? Listen to the new TURAN TALK with Galiya Ibragimova turantales.substack.com/p/episode-14-c…