Central Asia

[Vorg]

Financing of the National Republics in USSR:

"The Party's task is to help to the laboring masses of the non-Russian peoples to overtake developed Central Russia."

[Sockorer]

Central Asia is the rightful property of White people.

[Pahli]

Central Asia is the rightful property of White people.

It was, now its full of half Asians and half Caucasians

[Vorg]

Central Asia is already in Moscow

[zhaoyun]

Actually, Central Asia is nowhere as backward, isolated or unimportant as you think. You are only reflecting from an ethnocentric perspective.

Central Asia is rich in resources and is an area where many major powers compete for influence including Russia, China, the US, Iran, Turkey, etc.

In addition, this region may see a boost in future investment. China is strongly pushing the "New Silk Road", which would include building immense infrastructure through the region, perhaps even high speed rail all the way to Europe, and making it again a central part of the global trade network.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/05/china...sion-revealed/

[Vorg]

China already has cut himself a piece of Tajikistan.

[Tonuquq]

Turks have nothing to do with them, at least racially and genetically.

> In 2004, a group of scientists from Hacettepe University, conducted mt-DNA analysis and comparison of 75 Turkish individuals with no family bonds, chosen from Turkey's 5 regions, North, South, East and Central Anatolia with a homogenous distribution. In the results, %10 M Haplogroup, which is often seen in Turkistan region, %33.3 H haplogroup which is often seen in Azerbaijan and Turks of Turkistan, %36 U Haplogroup which is also often seen in Azerbaijan and Altai Turks, were found. Based on this data, it has been confirmed that the Anatolian Turks are placed between Turks of Azerbaijan and Turks of Central Asia. The genetic comparison conducted in this research revealed that the genetic affinity of Anatolian Turks to Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Kyrgyz population is 0.0011.

Mergen H., Öner R. and Öner C. 2004 Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in the Anatolian Peninsula (Turkey). Journal of Genetics. 83, 39-47
Mohammad Asgharzadeh et al. April 2011 Molecular diversity of mitochondrial DNA in Iranian Azeri ethnicities vis-à-vis other Azeris in Asia. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology.
J. D. McDonald, 2005, World Haplogroups Maps
Mehmet Fuat Bozkurt, Altay Dil Ailesi ve Japoncanın Türkçe ile Akrabalığı Sorunu, Aralık 1977, Türk Dili Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi
Ivane Nasidze and Mark Stoneking. Mitochondrial DNA variation and language replacements in the Caucasus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London

[Vorg]

Faces of the Central Asians

1,2 - Turkmens, 3 - Uzbeks, 4 - Karakalpaks

[Imamudin]

Actually, Central Asia is nowhere as backward, isolated or unimportant as you think. You are only reflecting from an ethnocentric perspective.

Central Asia is rich in resources and is an area where many major powers compete for influence including Russia, China, the US, Iran, Turkey, etc.

In addition, this region may see a boost in future investment. China is strongly pushing the "New Silk Road", which would include building immense infrastructure through the region, perhaps even high speed rail all the way to Europe, and making it again a central part of the global trade network.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/05/china...sion-revealed/

Isn't Turkey more Southern Europe?

[zhaoyun]

Isn't Turkey more Southern Europe?

Turkey isn't Central Asia.

But the route goes through Central Asia, and links up the Middle East and Europe as well.