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Good education: The rise and fall of Hizmet schools in Central Asia
They promised world-class education to a region shattered by the Soviet collapse. Twenty years later, Hizmet schools fell prey to Turkey’s internal…
Feb 12
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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36:48
Episode 28: From nomad tents to Soviet walls - The story of Central Asian carpets
TURAN TALK with Anushe Dust, founder and editor-in-chief of RugMag magazine
Jan 29
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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44:39
Episode 27: The Tajik-Afghan borderland - What’s going on and how we got here
TURAN TALK with Mélanie Sadozaï, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Regensburg
Jan 22
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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44:56
Episode 26: The limits of change in the "New Uzbekistan"
TURANT TALK with Joanna Lillis, journalist and author of "Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan"
Jan 9
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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44:53
Episode 25: Black gold nation - How oil and gas shaped Kazakhstan
TURAN TALK with Paolo Sorbello, English language editor at Vlast.kz and host of Dapter, a podcast about research in Central Asia
Jan 1
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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Episode 24: Can modern art flourish in Central Asia?
TURAN TALK with Timur Karpov, documentary photographer, curator, founder of the 139 Documentary Centre
Dec 18, 2025
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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45:44
Episode 23: After the elections - Inside the “New Kyrgyzstan”
TURAN TALK with Asel Doolotkeldieva, a research fellow at the University of Potsdam
Dec 11, 2025
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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43:27
Episode 22: Who will save Samarkand?
TURAN TALK with Diora Rafieva, a lawyer and human rights activist
Dec 5, 2025
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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50:56
The Unlikely mercenaries: Central Asians fighting Russia’s war
They came to Russia for work, not war. Yet thousands of Central Asian migrants now fight in Ukraine - drawn in by promises, pushed by pressure, and…
Nov 30, 2025
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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33:08
Is Turkmenistan finally opening up?
TURAN TALK with Ruslan Myatiev, the founder of Turkmen.news
Nov 20, 2025
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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2
44:43
Episode 20: The past and present of US engagement with Central Asia
TURAN TALK with Daniel Rosenblum, former United States ambassador to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Nov 13, 2025
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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Episode 19: Why is Tajikistan fighting witchcraft?
TURAN TALK with Anna Cieślewska, social anthropologist at University of Łódź, Poland
Nov 6, 2025
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Agnieszka Pikulicka
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