http://www.uyghuramerican.org en-us http://www.uyghuramerican.org N/A zerepshan@gmail.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:53 -0800 20 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6473/1/In-Central-Asia-a-Soviet-Past-Recedes-as-New-Influences-Fill-In/index.html Kyrgyzstan's humble and sometimes bumpy progress in recent years has come with investment from Turkey, which is viewed favorably and gratefully here, and from China zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5970/1/Kazakhstan-Forced-Returns-to-Uzbekistan-Illegal/index.html The Kazakh government has violated international law by forcibly returning at least 28 Uzbeks to Uzbekistan, putting their lives and well-being at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5940/1/As-China-Invests-Many-Kazakhs-Say-Not-Too-Fast/index.html This month, NPR is examining the many ways China is expanding its reach in the world — through investments, infrastructure, military power and more. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5656/1/Kyrgyzstan-drafts-ethnic-development-plan/index.html To avoid a repeat of last year’s ethnic riots that left more than 400 dead, experts from the Kyrgyz Government, the OSCE, civil society, and ethnic minority groups are drafting a plan to improve multi-ethnic relations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5626/1/Kazakh-leadership-looks-beyond-staid-presidential-elections-to-reform-agenda/index.html Top government officials in Kazakhstan say a strong victory for the incumbent in Sunday’s presidential elections will reinforce their ambitious reform agenda, despite international criticism of the vote. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5176/1/Kazakhstan-Astana-Wants-Kazakhstanis-to-Speak-Kazakh/index.html Officials in Kazakhstan are developing a grand plan to get virtually everyone in the Central Asian country speaking Kazakh by 2020. Data from a recent survey, however, suggests that Astana’s goal may be overly ambitious. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5154/1/Turkey-Deepens-Strategic-Relationship-with-China/index.html The visit by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to Beijing a week ago, follows by a scant three weeks the visit by China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Ankara on 78 October as part of the latter’s European diplomatic tour also including Belgium, Germany, Greece, and Italy in the margin of his participation in an EU-China summit. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5062/1/Turkey-moves-to-deepen-China-ties/index.html With China rising as a world power, Turkey has intensified its efforts to increase dialogue, sending its foreign minister to the Asian nation for a weeklong trip just three weeks after receiving the Chinese prime minister. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5048/1/Improving-economic-relations-with-China-is-no-easy-endeavor/index.html Knocks resounded on the doors to the houses of Turkish students studying in China in mid July 2009. It was the police. Just checking if they had proper documents. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5037/1/Kyrgyz-election-exposes-ethnic-divide-/index.html Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia has held its most democratic election to date, but a strong showing by a Kyrgyz nationalist party has underlined the divide between different ethnic groups, which led to serious inter-communal fighting earlier in the year. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5004/1/Annual-Turkish-Festival-in-Washington-DC/index.html Thousands of Turks and Azerbaijanis, as well as all other Turkish culture lovers, gathered in Washington DC on October 3rd to celebrate the annual Turkish Festival, APA’s Washington DC correspondent reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4944/1/Water-becomes-commodity/index.html Water shortage is becoming one of the biggest problems of the 21st century. Each year the number of countries suffering from the lack of water is increasing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4882/1/Among-The-Greatest-Cuisines-Turkish-Is-A-Delight/index.html Many in the food world believe the three great cuisines are French, Chinese and Turkish. Weekend Edition food commentator Bonny Wolf has visited all three countries and says she now knows why Turkish cuisine has been designated among the best. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4744/1/Kyrgyz-and-Uzbeks-Turn-Out-to-Vote-for-Stability/index.html Just weeks after Kyrgyzstan's worst violence in the post-Soviet era, voters turned out in larger-than-expected numbers on June 27 to cast ballots in a constitutional referendum. Many voters said they yearned for a return of stability to Kyrgyzstan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4700/1/Kyrgyzstan-unrest-gives-big-powers-cause-for-concern/index.html The economic, security and strategic interests of Russia, China and the US are increasingly affected by central Asian instability zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4687/1/Kyrgyzstan-imposes-curfew-after-clashes-kill-23-/index.html Kyrgyzstan's interim government declared a state of emergency and slapped a curfew on southern parts of the country Friday after ethnic clashes left at least 23 people dead and over 300 wounded. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4521/1/Kyrgyz-opposition-says-running-government-wants-election-/index.html Kyrgyz opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said on Thursday she had taken over the government after violent protests forced the president of the Central Asian country to flee the capital. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4357/1/Turkish-World-Cinema-Days-to-Be-Held-In-Istanbul/index.html "The 4th Turkish World Cinema Days" will be held in Istanbul from February 15 to 18. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4333/1/Blogger-describes-Xinjiang-as-an-internet-prison-/index.html Following the ethnic unrest in Xinjiang in July 2009, internet access in the province has been severely restricted - far more than in other parts of China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4319/1/Kazakhs-protest-against-China-farmland-lease--/index.html Several hundred people have gathered in the Kazakh city of Almaty to protest against what they call "Chinese expansionism". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4311/1/Ethnic-Kazakh-Writer-In-China-Nominated-For-Prize-In-Kazakhstan-/index.html Kazakhstan's Institute for Cultural Politics and Culture Studies has nominated Qazhyghumar Shabdanuly, an ethnic Kazakh writer in China's Xinjiang Province, for a Kazakh state literature award, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4310/1/Drying-of-Lake-Balkhash-threatens-southeast-Kazakhstan/index.html Kazakhstan is already the site of one of the world's worst environmental catastrophes, the drying of the Aral Sea. Now there are fears of a similar disaster at Lake Balkhash in the southeast of the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4318/1/Prospect-Of-Chinese-Farmers-Brings-Controversy-To-Kazakh-Soil-/index.html Kazakhstan has a unique problem. It's long on land and short on the people to farm it. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2774/1/Obama-to-Muslim-world-No-US-war-with-Islam/index.html Declaring the U.S. "is not and never will be at war with Islam," President Barack Obama worked Monday to mend frayed ties with NATO ally Turkey and improve relations with the larger Muslim world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2126/1/Kazakh-Oil-A-War-of-Nerves-/index.html On the scorching, scrub-dotted steppe along the east coast of the Caspian Sea, a Chevron (NYSE:CVX - News)-led team is opening up the taps on 50 new wells at the supergiant Tengiz oil field. Fifteen years after snagging rights to the Kazakhstan field, the U.S. oil giant is at last doubling production to 540,000 barrels a day, its largest single source of oil in the world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1786/1/From-Orkhon-Valley-to-the-Nobel-Prize-Turkish-literature-headed-for-Frankfurt-/index.html This year's Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest publishing industry gathering, in which Turkey will be featured as the guest of honor, is only a few months away. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1448/1/-Kosovas-Independence-Sets-Precedent/index.html As the world’s nations contemplate whether to recognize Kosova’s newly declared independence, many wonder what it will mean for other similar regions, such as Abkhazia, Taiwan, and Northern Cyprus, for international law, and for the definition of self determination in general. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1433/1/Rice-Urges-Serbia-to-Accept-Kosovos-Independence-/index.html U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday said she hopes Serbia will accept a resolution of Kosovo's status and move forward to fuller integration with Europe. Kosovo, a Serbian province administered by the United Nations since 1999, is expected to declare independence within days. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1432/1/Europe-Ready-to-Recognize-Kosovos-Independence-/index.html Finland's Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva said Monday most European Union member countries are prepared to recognize Kosovo's independence from Serbia. VOA's Barry Wood reports Kanerva is in Washington meeting with U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1431/1/Serbia-Kosovo-breakaway-illegal/index.html Serbian government officials said Thursday an independent Kosovo would be an illegal "false state" that will never be recognized by Serbia. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1327/1/Kyrgyz-Republic-Powerful-neighbors-imperil-protection-and-create-statelessness/index.html Statelessness in Kyrgyzstan, as in other Central Asian countries, is a neglected problem. Its exact extent is unclear, with estimated numbers ranging from 10,000 to 100,000, but as part of the 2009 census, the State Committee on Migration in coordination with the United Nations Refugee Agency, which has a mandate for stateless persons, is undertaking a survey on statelessness. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1295/1/Kosovans-rally-to-demand-independence-from-Serbia/index.html About 3,000 Kosovans took part in a pro-independence rally in the capital, Pristina, today as their government vowed to break away permanently from Serbia early next year.The demonstration came as today's deadline for a negotiated deal on the fate of the breakaway province passed without result, and as EU foreign ministers met to discuss increasing tension over Kosovo. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1186/1/Turkey-is-a-Trade-Beachhead-into-EU---Envoy/index.html "In Turkey, many Turks have a keen interest in Korea, seeing our bilateral relationship as one between blood brothers. On the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, I hope that this 'one-sided love' of Turks for Koreans will develop into a warm relationship of mutual love." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1057/1/Americans-imprisonment-in-Kazakhstan-seen-as-political-/index.html Mark Seidenfeld, a 39-year-old American telecommunications executive, lived for years in this booming alpine city as a prominent executive, one of thousands of foreign businessmen who shuttled around town in chauffeured SUVs as they managed Kazakhstan's transition from Communism to one of the most sophisticated market economies in the former Soviet Union. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/901/1/Nazarbayev-promises-economic-assistance-urges-political-stability-in-Kyrgyzstan/index.html During his April 26 visit to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev promised greater economic integration with Kyrgyzstan. The president, however, slammed his Kyrgyz counterpart Kurmanbek Bakiyev for the continuous political turmoil in that country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/748/1/Kazakstan-Masimov-May-Signal-New-Reform-Priorities/index.html The new Kazak premier, Karim Masimov, may be asked by the president to accelerate political reforms, but is unlikely to wield any more influence over government policy than his predecessors. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/285/1/Linking-hands-across-the-steppes/-Linking-hands-across-the-steppes.html Turning a Turkic ideal into reality involves hard decisions zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700