Central Asian countries

[Chaos One]

Which old beef? Uzbeks and Kazakhs came out of the same state - Golden Horde. The original Uzbek horde was in fact closer to Kazakhs in terms of language, culture and traditions. Uzbeks are close to Tajiks in terms of traditional culture, customs, folk music, etc which is not surprising many Tajiks became Uzbeks. and Uyghurs were cooking up in a different pot, in a different state - Moghulistan.

https://russia-direct.org/analysis/p...adache-kremlin

https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/...an-hold-summit

https://thediplomat.com/2017/03/brot...nd-kazakhstan/

https://www.cacianalyst.org/publicat...art-10773.html

The fact is now relation bet Uzbek gov with Kazakh and Tajik got better, but it wasn't like this on the (near) past.

https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-k.../28739276.html

"During Karimov's rule of more than a quarter-century, Uzbekistan was at odds with its neighbors over border disputes, ethnic tensions, and economic spats tied to water distribution and energy transportation in the region.

But Mirziyoev, who took over the region's most populous country of more than 30 million in September 2016 following Karimov's death, and his government have said improving ties with neighboring former Soviet republics is a top foreign-policy priority."

More like this.

[Arverni]

Are Uzbeks and Kazakhs genetically related?

[Yaglakar]

https://russia-direct.org/analysis/p...adache-kremlin

https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/...an-hold-summit

https://thediplomat.com/2017/03/brot...nd-kazakhstan/

https://www.cacianalyst.org/publicat...art-10773.html

The fact is now relation bet Uzbek gov with Kazakh and Tajik got better, but it wasn't like this on the (near) past.

https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-k.../28739276.html

"During Karimov's rule of more than a quarter-century, Uzbekistan was at odds with its neighbors over border disputes, ethnic tensions, and economic spats tied to water distribution and energy transportation in the region.

But Mirziyoev, who took over the region's most populous country of more than 30 million in September 2016 following Karimov's death, and his government have said improving ties with neighboring former Soviet republics is a top foreign-policy priority."

More like this.

There is no real confrontation of any sort, never was. Uzbekistan is an isolationist state, a light version of Turkmenistan so to speak.

[Norka]

Long live Turan btw

Don't come in here with your bullshit Turanism Ali baba.

[Deniz]

Central Asia

[Incal]

So what has happened in order for things to turn out this way?

Islam.

[lonewolfcypriot]

Islam.

Selcuks were Muslims though

[mutabor]

Are Uzbeks and Kazakhs genetically related?

Mongoloid component in both is of common origin. Also Caucasian component in Kazakhs ( around 25-30%) is similar to Uzbek.