Turkey

Turkmenistan: Living on the Margins

Repressive cultural and language policies drive Kurds to contemplate emigration.

20 Nov 05

Some are turning in their blue burkas for blue jeans, while others are going for the latest hairstyles.

18 Nov 05

Four Afghan students win top prizes in international competition and change some minds in the process.

18 Nov 05

Yerevan defies Washington by strengthening strategic relationship with Tehran.

18 Nov 05

In an ethnically mixed part of Georgia, tensions are high as locals blame new settlers for crime wave.

18 Nov 05

Environmentalists claim flooding caused by Turkish dams is threatening Ajaria.

18 Nov 05

Legal experts in Iraq say the protection of minority rights and ensuring political freedoms should top the country’s constitutional agenda.

18 Nov 05

After losing badly in the Iraqi elections, the Turkoman Front signals a more nuanced approach to the Kurds’s federalism demands.

18 Nov 05

Stabbings are common as young men sort out their differences in a climate of lawlessness.

18 Nov 05

Government is forced to address the paradox of fuel shortages in an oil-rich country.

18 Nov 05

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