Turan Tales
Agnieszka PikulickaLong form newsletter and podcast covering underreported stories from Central Asia by journalist and author Agnieszka Pikulicka
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 55 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Episode 42: Why Central Asia still needs akyns - the poets who speak truth to power
Video screenshot of an aitysh between Kutman Sadybakasov and Turan Zhumaev/YouTube.com
Hi all,
In the nomadic societies of Central Asia, among the Kyrgyz and the Kazakhs, there existed a social role fulfilled by poets, musicians, and impr...
Episode 41: Hashish and survival in rural Kyrgyzstan
Cannabis growing wild in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk Kul region (PHOTO/Gulzat Botoeva)
Hi all,
In his 1986 novel Plakha, translated into English as The Scaffold, Chingiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstan’s great writer, tells the story of Avdiy Kallistratov, a...
Episode 40: Abdulla Qodiriy's "Bygone Days" and the fight for intellectual property rights
PHOTO/Ziyouz.com
Hi all,
What does Uzbekistan’s first novel, O’tkan Kunlar (Bygone Days) by Abdulla Qodiriy, published in 1926, have to do with the fight for intellectual property rights a century later?
A lot. Its translator from the Uz...
Episode 39: What cinema can tell us about Central Asia
A snapshot from Cardiogram, dir. Darezhan Omirbayev (Kazakhstan, 1995)
Hi all,
Let me start with some great news: I’m extremely proud and humbled that Turan Tales has been shortlisted for the Publisher Podcast Awards in two categories: Be...
Iya’s lifelines: A Jewish journey to survival in Central Asia
Iya Rudzitska in 2023 (Snapshot from a video recording/Reuters)
This story is part of our series of audio features - also available as long reads - made possible by the International Press Institute. If you enjoy it, leave us a comment or...
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Journalist focusing on Eastern Europe & Central Asia | Founder of Turan Tales | Author of "Nowy Uzbekistan" (in Polish) | Words: Reuters, AJE, AP, the Guardian, FP
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