Uzbekistan’s alphabet reform makes it easier for Turks and Azerbaijanis to understand Uzbek.
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An Uzbek delivery courier, Hasan Azlarov, working as a courier, was waiting for an order at a cafe when he sat down at the piano and started playing.
He was invited to work as a restaurant pianist.
He studied music from age 7.
He was invited to work as a restaurant pianist.
He studied music from age 7.
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Baku is getting its first "Royale Casino" in May 2027.
Emin Agalarov, the developer behind the Sea Breeze resort project, announced the casino will span 90,000 square meters on an artificial peninsula in the Caspian Sea sector of Azerbaijan.
The venue will include 12 VIP halls or international poker tournaments. Entry will be restricted to visitors 21 and older.
Emin Agalarov, the developer behind the Sea Breeze resort project, announced the casino will span 90,000 square meters on an artificial peninsula in the Caspian Sea sector of Azerbaijan.
The venue will include 12 VIP halls or international poker tournaments. Entry will be restricted to visitors 21 and older.
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Around 90% of Crimea is without power after Ukrainian strikes, Russian sources report.
The blackout followed a wave of Ukrainian attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine's General Staff confirmed strikes on a command post and drone facilities in Crimea overnight.
Crimea is cupied territory and the logistical hub of its southern war effort. A near-total blackout there is one of Ukraine's biggest deep-strike successes of the war.
The blackout followed a wave of Ukrainian attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine's General Staff confirmed strikes on a command post and drone facilities in Crimea overnight.
Crimea is cupied territory and the logistical hub of its southern war effort. A near-total blackout there is one of Ukraine's biggest deep-strike successes of the war.
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Kazakhstan: a teenage girl swore on a TikTok livestream, and it was her mother who got punished.
Police summoned both after the October 14 broadcast and held the mother administratively liable for failing her parental duties.
Police summoned both after the October 14 broadcast and held the mother administratively liable for failing her parental duties.
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Turkish cats are still unbothered by immigration. They need to watch more Elon Musk to learn what they’re supposed to be angry about.
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Zuckerberg says Threads has overtaken X in monthly active users. He told analysts on Meta's earnings call that Threads passed X and 'continues to grow quickly.'
Meta's family of apps hit 3.64 billion daily users in September.
Meta's family of apps hit 3.64 billion daily users in September.
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Uzbekistan just reformed its alphabet. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Latin-script reform law.
The alphabet now has 28 letters plus one apostrophe. Four digraphs become single letters: O' to Ö, G' to Ğ, Sh to Ş, Ch to Ç. The Ng combination is dropped entirely.
Saida shed the reform since December 2023, called it the correction of a years-long historic mistake.
The alphabet now has 28 letters plus one apostrophe. Four digraphs become single letters: O' to Ö, G' to Ğ, Sh to Ş, Ch to Ç. The Ng combination is dropped entirely.
Saida shed the reform since December 2023, called it the correction of a years-long historic mistake.
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Azerbaijan has declared 31 Turkish citizens persona non grata, banning them from entering the country.
The list includes politicians, journalists, writers and public figures, among them Fatih Erbakan, MP Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, and commentator Ahmet Cakir.
Reasons: calls for e government, religious radicalism, inciting religious hatred and hostility.
The list includes politicians, journalists, writers and public figures, among them Fatih Erbakan, MP Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, and commentator Ahmet Cakir.
Reasons: calls for e government, religious radicalism, inciting religious hatred and hostility.
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The first comprehensive dictionary of the Turkic languages was written nearly 1,000 years ago in Baghdad.
Mahmud al-Kashgari, a scholar from Kashgar (in today's East Turkestan), spent years traveling across the Turkic world collecting dialects and sayings, then compiled the he Compendium of the Languages of the Turks, between 1072 and 1074. About 7,500 words, samples of old Turkic poetry, and even the first known map of the lands where Turkic peoples lived.
By then the Seljuk Turks had become the real power behind the Abbasid Caliphate, so the book was meant to teach the Arabic-speaking world that Turkic was a language of equal standing to Arabic.
Mahmud al-Kashgari, a scholar from Kashgar (in today's East Turkestan), spent years traveling across the Turkic world collecting dialects and sayings, then compiled the he Compendium of the Languages of the Turks, between 1072 and 1074. About 7,500 words, samples of old Turkic poetry, and even the first known map of the lands where Turkic peoples lived.
By then the Seljuk Turks had become the real power behind the Abbasid Caliphate, so the book was meant to teach the Arabic-speaking world that Turkic was a language of equal standing to Arabic.
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Armenia's PM Nikol Pashinyan repeatedly called Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov the "president of Kazakhstan" during an official event.
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A defense industry agreement is to be signed between Türkiye, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: Two prisoners in chains stand against a mud wall in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
This was the zindan, the dungeon of the Emir of Bukhara: in essence a pit in the earth, and most of the men inside it were not killers but debtors held under Bukharan sharia law until y.
A few steps away stood the infamous "bug pit", where two British officers, Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly, were tortured and beheaded in 1842 on the Emir's orders.
This was the zindan, the dungeon of the Emir of Bukhara: in essence a pit in the earth, and most of the men inside it were not killers but debtors held under Bukharan sharia law until y.
A few steps away stood the infamous "bug pit", where two British officers, Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly, were tortured and beheaded in 1842 on the Emir's orders.
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In Uzbekistan, a journalist addressed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Russian language.
His answer: Russian is not a state language of Uzbekistan.
The moment landed because Russia's Lavrov had just complained that the 'Mourning Mother' memorial in Samarkand lacks Russian inscriptions.
His answer: Russian is not a state language of Uzbekistan.
The moment landed because Russia's Lavrov had just complained that the 'Mourning Mother' memorial in Samarkand lacks Russian inscriptions.
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Google Pay is officially live in Uzbekistan.
A Google representative announced the launch at an international forum in Samarkand, during the C5+1 Central Asia-US meetings. Tap-to-pay with phones and compatible devices now works in the country.
A Google representative announced the launch at an international forum in Samarkand, during the C5+1 Central Asia-US meetings. Tap-to-pay with phones and compatible devices now works in the country.
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Kyrgyzstan's president says exiled Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov asked him to help organize a revolution in Kazakhstan.
Sadyr Japarov told that during the October 2020, Ablyazov called asking to fly to Bishkek and run a Kazakh revolution from there. Japarov says he refused, lations with Kazakhstan.
He also denied Ablyazov's claim that he asked the oligarch for money, calling it a lie.
Sadyr Japarov told that during the October 2020, Ablyazov called asking to fly to Bishkek and run a Kazakh revolution from there. Japarov says he refused, lations with Kazakhstan.
He also denied Ablyazov's claim that he asked the oligarch for money, calling it a lie.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: a school lesson in the Central Asian sun. In Samarkand, Uzbekistan, around 1911, five Bukharan boys study with their white-bearded teacher in a courtyard, the boys in bright silk robes and skullcaps, the teacher in a dark robe and fur hat.
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Washington, Moscow and Ankara are now trading in fuel.
Turkey will buy Russian diesel under a deal reached between Moscow and Washington, with over 1.8 million tons of Russian diesel expected to reach world markets in the coming months, Turkey's energy minister confirmed.
Turkey will buy Russian diesel under a deal reached between Moscow and Washington, with over 1.8 million tons of Russian diesel expected to reach world markets in the coming months, Turkey's energy minister confirmed.
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Azerbaijan restored its independence 35 years ago today.
On October 18, 1991, as the Soviet Union was collapsing, Azerbaijan's Supreme Council adopted the Constitutional Act on State Independence. The act declared the new republic the legal heir of the Azerbaijan Democratic irst democratic republic in the Muslim East, whose declaration is engraved in its original Arabic script on this monument in Baku.
On December 29, 1991, Azerbaijanis unanimously confirmed it in a nationwide referendum.
Why it matters today: that 1991 act is the legal foundation of modern Azerbaijan, the basis of everything from its oil contracts to the tricolor flag flying over Baku again. October 18 is celebrated as State Independence Day.
On October 18, 1991, as the Soviet Union was collapsing, Azerbaijan's Supreme Council adopted the Constitutional Act on State Independence. The act declared the new republic the legal heir of the Azerbaijan Democratic irst democratic republic in the Muslim East, whose declaration is engraved in its original Arabic script on this monument in Baku.
On December 29, 1991, Azerbaijanis unanimously confirmed it in a nationwide referendum.
Why it matters today: that 1991 act is the legal foundation of modern Azerbaijan, the basis of everything from its oil contracts to the tricolor flag flying over Baku again. October 18 is celebrated as State Independence Day.
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