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Interviews

WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE?

Historian Suraiya Faroqhi talks about the sultan's harem and much more

~ 20 min read
Kazakhstan

Who Were the Nogais?

Historian Yernar Uzhkenov on the Origins of the Nogai Horde and What Became of It

~ 17 min read
Culture

HOW TURKS BECAME TURKS

Historian Joo-Yup Lee on why the Uyghurs, Kyrgyz, and Kazakhs did not call themselves Turks

~ 11 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: FROM EMPIRE TO SOVIET RULE

Historian Adeeb Khalid on Colonialism, Nation-Building, and the Enduring Myths That Shape Our Understanding of the Region

~ 11 min read
Interviews

THE MONGOLS AND THE KIPCHAKS

Why Did the Mongol Elite of the Golden Horde Adopt Turkic Language?

~ 6 min read

IS KAZAKHSTAN THE HOMELAND OF THE TURKS?

Professor Ahmet Taşağıl on the origin of the Turks, the Göktürk Khaganate, and Chinese sources

~ 7 min read
East

TURKS AT THE HEAD OF IRAN

Historian Giorgio Rota on Who the Safavids Were and Why They Fought the Ottomans

~ 7 min read
Interviews

ATATÜRK: FROM JADIDISM TO INDEPENDENCE

Historian Konuralp Ercilasun on the Turkish War of Independence and the influence of Turkic intellectuals

~ 8 min read
Central Asia

WHY TURKIC RULERS SPOKE PERSIAN?

Historian Richard Foltz on the alliance that built the Silk Road — and was somehow forgotten

~ 6 min read
East

THE GOLDEN HORDE’S SECRET WEAPON

Historian Aibolat Kushkumbaev on the military stratagems of the Ulus of Jochi

~ 12 min read
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Kazakhstan

THE ART OF KAZAKH ETIQUETTE

Ethnographer Dosymbek Qatyran on ancient greetings and forgotten rituals

~ 10 min read
East

WAR AND PEACE IN THE MONGOL EMPIRE

Timothy May on Chinggis Khan, Warfare, and the Limits of Conquest

~ 13 min read
Central Asia

CROSSING THE RELIGIOUS DIVIDE

Daniel Scarborough on Orthodoxy, Islam, and Imperial Power in Turkestan

~ 8 min read
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