Central Asia Report

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Ben Efsaneyim said…
Funny!

What is interesting about the central Asians is that they are considered a "Turkic" people, i.e. their language and culture come under the same umbrella as the people here in Turkey as well as the Uighurs in Xinjiang and the Azeris of Azerbaijan.

Because of my darker skin, and weird accent when I speak Turkish (badly, I'll add!) many people here in Istanbul presume I'm an Uzbek, Khyrgiz, or Kazakh - there are areas of the city with higher concentrations of these Asiatic Turks. Some Turks view central Asians in a kind of "brotherly" way because the languages and cultures are so closely related.

In fact, if you visit some of the old palaces here and see Turkish paintings from around the 15th century, you will notice that the Turks seemed to look more East Asian than they do now.
January 27, 2012 at 4:12 AM
Tommy said…
Thank you Ben. I learned something today.
January 29, 2012 at 5:57 PM
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