As drought and tensions with local farmers threaten their pastoralist lifestyle, the last of Turkey's nomadic Yoruks fear they may soon have to settle down ANATOLIA, Turkey, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters ...

From Karavansaray to the Aziret Sultan Complex, Kazakh tour guide Daulet Meldekhanov shares five unmissable stops on a visit to the city of Turkistan. Pressed against the borders of Uzbekistan and ...

The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Uyghur means "unity" or "alliance." The origin of the ethnic group can be traced back to the Dingling nomads in northern and ...

LONDON: At the height of its military power in the 16th century, Sulyman I, named "the Magnificent" by Europeans, extended the Ottoman Empire into Hungary, Albania, Transylvania and Moldavia, captured ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract After the formation of the Chagatay and Jochi Uluses the local Mongol nobility was converted to Islam and assimilated by the local Kirghiz and ...

Turkey’s Animals Rights Federation Spokesperson Şule Baylan told bianet that camel wrestling was not culture. “It is just a fight that tortures animals and violates international treaties and law ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

ANATOLIA, Turkey (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Woken by the first light of dawn, Mehmet and his family rise to drink sweet black tea before they deconstruct the goat hair tent they share and set out ...