Kazakhstan’s past — from forgotten pages of history to a renewed understanding of traditions and culture.
Historian Konuralp Ercilasun on the Turkish War of Independence and the influence of Turkic intellectuals
The Long Journey from Myth to Reality
The Turbulent Story of the National-Territorial Delimitation of 1924
Historian Richard Foltz on the alliance that built the Silk Road — and was somehow forgotten
A Love Story Spanning Fifteen Centuries
How the Syr Darya Corridor Once Connected China to the Golden Horde
Everything We’ve Forgotten About One of Humanity’s Oldest Holidays
Power, Politics, and the Myth of Exceptionalism
How the World Denied Women Their Rights — and What Came of It
Guess what this thing was used for.
The History of One of the Most Brutal Deportations in the USSR
From the Xiongnu Empire to the Turkish Republic
Historian Aibolat Kushkumbaev on the military stratagems of the Ulus of Jochi
