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- ALTAI in Russia - Altai Turks
- AZERBAIJAN - Azeris
- BASHKORTOSTAN (BASHKIRIA) in Russia - Bashkirs
- CHUVASHYA (CHUVASHISTAN) in Russia - Chuvashes
- CRIMEA in Ukraine - Crimean Tatars
- DAGHESTAN in Russia - Kumyks, Nogais
- EASTERN TURKESTAN (XINJIANG UYGUR REGION) in China - Uygurs
- GAGAUZIA (GAGAUZ-YERI) in Moldova - Gagauz Turks
- GANSU PROVINCE (SUNAN YUGUR COUNTY) in China - Yugurs
- KABARDINO-BALKARIA in Russia - Balkars
- KARACHAI-CHERKESSIYA in Russia - Karachays
- KAZAKHSTAN (QAZAQSTAN) - Kazakhs
- KHAKASIA in Russia - Khakas
- KYRGYZSTAN - Kyrgyzes
- SAKHA (YAKUTIA) in Russia - Yakuts
- TATARSTAN in Russia - Volga Tatars
- TÜRKIYE (TURKEY) - Anatolian Turks
- TURKMENISTAN - Turkmens
- TUVA (TYVA) in Russia - Tuvans
- UZBEKISTAN (including KARAKALPAKSTAN) - Uzbeks, Karakalpaks
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GENERAL INTEREST
Current Events, Business, and Politics
The Times of Central Asia - daily news
Central Asian-American Enterprise Fund
Eurasia Research Center
Central Asia and the Caucasus: Journal of Social and Political Studies
Central Asia News.net
International Institute for Caspian Studies
Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Trend - news from the Caspian, South Caucasus, and Central Asia
Environmental Issues
Requiem for the Dying Aral Sea
History, Archaeology, and Culture
Khazaria.com (The American Center of Khazar Studies)
An Introduction to the History of Khazaria
The Khazar Fortress of Sarkel
Khazaria Image Gallery
Excerpts from the Letters of Hasdai ibn Shaprut and King Joseph
Khazaria (586-1083 AD) - essay by Dennis Leventhal and Chris Brantley
The Khazars - essay by Peter Wolfe and Jeff Zolitor
The Khazars - essay by Avraham Revello
The Khazars - essay by Steven Lowe
Military History Encyclopedia on the Web: Khazar Khaganate - essay by Tristan Dugdale-Pointon
Donskaya Arkheologiya - journal about Khazars and other steppe groups, in Russian and English
Khazarskiy Kaganat - in Russian
Istoriya Astrakhani: Khazarskiy kaganat - in Russian
Istorie Evreiasca: Povestea Kazarilor - in Romanian
Enzyklopä des Europäischen Ostens: Chasaren, -Reich, -Khaghanat - in German
History Bookshop: Khazars
Encyclopedia of Russian History: Khazars - article by Roman K. Kovalev
Columbia Encyclopedia: Khazars
Wielka Internetowa Encyklopedia Multimedialna: Chazarowie
Entsiklopediya Krugosvet: Khazary
Silk Road Seattle
Silk Road Seattle Project: Traditional Cultures in Central Asia
1100th Anniversary of Hungarian Settlement in Central Europe
History of Central Asia, Part 1
History of Central Asia, Part 2
The History of Costume - Late 19th Century Central Asia - Uzbeks and Turkmen
The History of Costume - Late 19th Century Central Asia - Eastern Turkestan
The History of Costume - Late 19th Century Asiatic Russia - Kyrgyzian and Siberian
The History of Costume - Late 19th Century Asiatic Russia - Bashkirs and Tatars
The History of Costume - Late 19th Century Crimean Tatars
Xazarskiy kostyum VII-X vv. - essay by Aleksey Tselikovskiy about Khazarian and North Caucasian costumes
Ancient Tangriqut Rulers of Western and Eastern Huns
Turks in China
The Western Turks
Bulgar History
Weapons Used by the Bulgars
Kutriguri Way of Battle
Hunno-Bulgar Religion and Spirituality
History of the Proto-Bulgarians North and West of the Black Sea
Inscription and Alphabet of the Proto-Bulgarians
Language of the Asparukh and Kuber Bulgars, Vocabulary and Grammar
Birth of Great Bulgaria
Khan Kubrat, ruler of the Turkic Bulgars
Khan Asparoukh, first Turkic ruler of Danubian Bulgaria
Expansion of the Bulgarian State to the South of the Danube
Tatarstan History - Volga Bulgaria
Volga Bulgaria - archaeology of Volga Bulgaria (version in Russian: Volzhskaya Bulgariya)
Medieval Scholars and Writers from Volga Bulgaria - in Russian
Rulers of Volga Bulgaria
About Volgo - Kama Bulgaria in the Middle Ages - essay by George Genoff
Columbia Encyclopedia: Bulgars, Eastern
Old-Turkic Deities - book chapter by Rafael Bezertinov
Sakaliba are Kipchaks, and Bulgars are One of Kipchak Tribe - rather strange article
TANGRA TanNakRa - Bulgarian history
The Turki, Khazars, Bulgars, Polovtsy, and Pereshchepina Treasure
Nomad-Sedentary Politics in Medieval Russia - essay by Mark J. Janselewitz
The Turkic Kipchaks of Medieval Eurasia
The Codex Cumanicus - essay by Peter B. Golden
Cumans (1054-1394 AD)
Pechenegs (850-1122 AD)
Of the Pechenegs, by Constantine Porphyrogenitus
The Pechenegs - essay by Steven Lowe and Dmitriy Ryaboy
Pechenegy - in Russian
The Lay of Igor's Raid - story about Rus' battle against Cumans
The Song of Igor's Campaign - another translation of this story
Turkish Mythology
Alpamysh and the Turkic Dastan Genre - book chapter by H.B. Paksoy
The Bald Boy Keloglan and the Most Beautiful Girl in the World - by H.B. Paksoy
The Seljuqs of the Rum - essay by Steven Lowe
Bashiri Working Papers on Central Asia and Iran - essays by Iraj Bashiri
Peoples of Early Russian History - in Russian
Barbarians - rulers of the Hsiung-nu, Golden Horde, Cumans, Alans, Khazars, more
The Crimea - rulers of the Crimea
In Die Welt der Steppenreiter - German site about Central Asian steppe-culture
Role of Lower Volga Region in Development of Trade and Interaction of Cultures on the Great Volga Way - Russian essay by P.V. Kazakov
Linguistics
Western (Oguz) Turkic Languages
Central (Kipchak) Turkic Languages
Eastern (Chagatay) Turkic Languages
Ural Mountains Turkic Languages
Siberian Turkic Languages
Orkhon Alphabet of the Ancient Turks of Central Asia
The Mystery of the Futhark Alphabet - runic writing in Scandinavia
A székely-magyar rovásírás - Hungarian essay on Székely runes
Oriëntaal's Links to Turkic Languages
Minority Languages of Russia on the Net: Turkic Languages
CenAsiaNet's Advanced Lessons in Kazak, Turkmen, Uzbek
Learn Turkish-Tatar-English
Shorica - learn Shor language, in Russian
Linguaturka.com - searchable dictionaries for word conversions between English, Turkish, Azeri, Tatar, Uyghur, TuvanMusic
Imagina: Central Asian Collection of Music
Sevara Nazarkhan - Uzbek musician's official site
The Yulduz Usmanova Homepage - fan page for this famous Uzbek singer
The Pop Life: Uzbekistan Dreams Made of Music
Multicultural Media
Azerbaijan International's Audio Section
Scimitar Records
Eurasian Music by Turkish Musician Murat Ses
The Musical Nomad: A Central Asian Music Travellogue from 1997
Turkic Peoples' Music
Publications
Routledge: Asian Studies
KaraM Arastirmalari Merkezi
Turko-Tatar Press
Central Eurasian Studies Review (CESR)
Caspian Crossroads Magazine
The Voice of Greater Central Asia
Buchversand Krieger - bookshop for literature about Central Asia
Kubon and Sagner Buchexport-Import - in German
Middle EurAsian Books
East View Publications - books, newspapers, and journals from and about Central Asia
Ekin Library and Publications
Articles on Turkish History by Professor Hasan B. Paksoy
Essays on Central Asia, by Professor Hasan B. Paksoy
Caspian Business Report
Resource Directories and Miscellaneous
Central Asia Commerce - directory
Silk Road Seattle Project: Cities and Architecture along the Silk Road
Tan Wee Cheng's Odyssey: Heart of the Silk Road - Central Asia
Bugiad - Bursa, Türkiye
Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
Türk Dirlik - resource for Turkology (study of Turkic peoples and their history)
Turan - in Turkish
Nihal Atsiz - in Turkish
EurasiaNet.org
SOTA's Turkic World
Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center's Resources for Central Asia
Turksib Railway - in Russian
Advance: Central Asia Virtual Gallery
Red Book: The Turkic Shors
Red Book: The Tofalars
Tofa Language and Culture - ethnological project
Altai-Sayan Language and Ethnography Project
Red Book: The Nogays
Red Book: The Lithuanian Tatars
Iraqi Turkmen Front
Arab Gateway: The Turkomans of Iraq
Türkmen Halk Partisi - political party for Iraqi Turkmens
Türkmeneli Isbirligi ve Kültür Vakfi - in Turkish and English
Turkmens of Iran
Güney: Azerbaycan Kultur Ocaqi
Chuvashes of the Samara Region of Russia
Tatars of the Samara Region of Russia
The Turkic Groups of Afghanistan (Uzbeks and Turkmens)
Afghanistan and Central Asia Research Information
The Turkish World Flag and Map Hall
Ferghana Valley: In the Middle of the Empires - essay by Johan Gely
East-West - Oriental carpets and rugs
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rugs
Oriental Rugs and Rug-Weaving in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Oriental Rug Notes: Central Asian and Chinese Rugs - including Uzbek and Kyrgyz rugs
Ipek Yolu Silk Road Carpets and Kilims
Turkmen Carpets from Afghanistan
Seals from Altai to Anatolia - artwork and motifs of Central Asia and Turkey
The Wild Animals of Turkestan
Photography of Central Asia
Akihito Koriyama's Gallery of Central Asian Photographs - images of Uyguristan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
The Empire That Was Russia: Ethnic Diversity
From Baltic To The Black Sea: A Journey Across The Frontier Lands of Europe
Ahyskinskii (Meshetinskii) Turks: Twice-Deported People - in Russian
Meskhetian Turks: Twice Deported People - in English
North Caucasian Bibliography and Library
Celebrating the Life of Ismail Bey Gaspirali
TsentrAziya - in Russian
Scouting in Central Asia and the Caucasus
The Silk Road Project, Inc.
Travel Along Central Asia - Web portal about Central Asia and tourism
SpecialDepartures.com - Travel Information and Tour Brochure Distribution
Silk Road Treasure Tours - travel to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and beyond
Asia Silk Tours - Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
The Oriental Caravan - travelers' tours to Turkmenistan and the Silk Road
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