USEFUL LINKS TO FURTHER RESOURCES on the countries and people of Central Asia.

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General Information about Central Asia

• People Groups of Central Asia - SCANs and short information sheets on the peoples of Central Asia.

• Maps of the Middle East and Central Asia : World Atlas.com
• University of Texas Map Library : Many maps of each country.
• Ethnologue : Survey (including maps) of Languages spoken for all Middle East and Central Asian Countries

• Eurasianet.Org Provides information and analysis of Central Asia with many links to individual countries. -http://www.eurasia.org/

• BBC's Guide to Central Asia

A few of our favourite sites

• East Russian Scriptures (formerly Central Asian Russian Scriptures) -

  http://www.slovocars.org/

• Uighur Christian worship music - http://ewemuz.com/
• Good News for Turkmen people- http://turkmenhh.org/
• Kairos Course - http://www.kairoscourse.org/

US Government Information on Specific Countries

• US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 2007 (Warning: Very Large pdf file 24462KB)
• World Factbook : Country Profiles
• Library of Congress Country Studies : Detailed County Studies.
• US Dept. State Background Notes : click under Background Notes for detailed country profiles. You will also find diplomatic, embassy, travel, state department news on this page. Also, doing a search from this page on the country you are interested in will lead to a multitude of other information. - http://www.state.gov/countries/
• US Dept. State Information : For Central Asia countries click on Euroasia or South Asia. You can also view Human Rights Reports, Religious Freedom Reports, and Commercial Guides

Links to Information on Specific Central Asian Countries

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Information Portal - http://www.afghaninfo.org/
• ABYZ News Links Many links to newpapers and information. - http://www.abyznewslinks.com/afgha.htm
• Afghanistan Website - http://www.afghanistans.com/
• Afghan Daily From Worldnews.com. - http://www.afghandaily.com/

Azerbaijan

• A to Z of Azerbaijan - http://www.azerb.com//
• Azerbaijan International Magazine - http://www.azer.com/
• Baku Sun Newspaper - http://www.bakusun.az
• Azerbaijani Christian Resources : http://www.farsinet.com/azeri/

China - Xinjiang Province / Eastern Turkistan

• East Turkistan Information Center Uygur.com - http://www.uygur.org/
• Travel China Guide - http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/xinjiang/
• Photography Good Photography from Xinjiang - http://home.earthlink.net/~jechu/
• Uighur Christian music - http://ewemuz.com/

Iran

• Tehran Times - http://www.tehrantimes.com/
• The Iran Daily - http://www.iran-daily.com/
• Islamic Republic News Agency - http://www.irna.com/en/
• The Iranian Magazine - http://www.iranian.com/today.html
• The Iran Bulletin Magazine - http://www.iran-bulletin.org/
• Farsi-Net & Iranian Christians International : http://www.farsinet.com/
• Persian World Outreach : http://www.farsinet.com/pwo/people.html

Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) Links

• PBS Frontline Story / Links on Kurds - //www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saddam/kurds/
• Kurdish Media - http://www.kurdishmedia.com/
• Kurdish WorldWide Resources : http://www.kurdish.com/
• EKurd.net - http://www.ekurd.net/
• Iraq4ever : SEE Especially the LINKS area of this page to links to people groups in Iraq, to the Iraqi political parties, . . . http://www.welcome.to/iraq4ever/
• Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - http://www.puk.org/
• Iraqi Websites : See Iraq part of this Resource Page for more links to Iraq sites.

Kazakhstan

• Kazakstan Information - http://www.kazakinfo.com/
• Kazakstan News From Worldnews.com. - http://www.kazakhstannews.com/
• East Russian Scriptures (formerly Central Asian Russian Scriptures) -

  http://www.slovocars.org/

Kyrgyzstan

• The Times of Central Asia - Kyrgystan - http://www.times.kg/kyrgyzstan/
• East Russian Scriptures (formerly Central Asian Russian Scriptures) -

  http://www.slovocars.org/

Pakistan

• Government of Pakistan - http://www.pak.gov.pk/
• The Dawn Pakistan Newspaper and Links to Magazines. - http://www.dawn.com/
• The Herald Pakistan Magazine. - http://www.dawn.com/herald
• Pakistan Link Pakistan Newspaper. http://www.pakistanlink.com/
• Frontier Post Pakistan Newspaper. - http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/
• Pakistan Daily From Worldnews.com. - http://www.pakistandaily.com/

Russia Turkic Republics - including Bashkortostan, Chuvashya, Crimea, Dagestan, Tatarstan . . .

• Turkic Republic Links Go here for many more links to Russian Republics (including many Russian language links). - http://www.khazaria.com/turkic/
• Russian Ethnic Map Maps of Russian Area. - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/russia_ethnic94.jpg
• Bashkortostan - http://www.bashedu.ru/bashkortostan/bash_e.htm
• Bashkir People Culture (Bashkortostan) - http://www.bashedu.ru/konkurs/hayrullin/eng/
• Bashkir People Music (Bashkortostan) - http://www.bashedu.ru/konkurs/kuzbekova/en_variant/music.html
• East Russian Scriptures (formerly Central Asian Russian Scriptures) -

  http://www.slovocars.org/

  
  
• Crimean Tatar Page - http://www.tatar.net/
  
• About Dagestan - http://www.dagestan.ru/dagestan/about.htm
• Dagestan - Land Woven From Legends - http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/6282/index.htm
  
• Republic of Tatarstan -http://www.tatar.ru/english/
• Tatar Gazette - http://www.peoples.org.ru/tatar/eng_index.html
• Tatarstan On the Net - http://www.kcn.ru/
• Tatar Culture Pages - http://www.tatar-art.itgo.com/

Tajikistan

• New Tajikistan - http://www.newtajikistan.com/
• Tajikistan News From European Internet - http://www.europeaninternet.com/tajikistan/
• East Russian Scriptures (formerly Central Asian Russian Scriptures) -

  http://www.slovocars.org/

Turkey

• Al Mashriq : Good information, pictures, links for counties in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Turkey. - http://almashriq.hiof.no/
• Al Bawaba : Look under Turkey for good list of links - http://albawaba.com/countries/
• Turkish Daily News - http://www.turkishnews.com/
• Sunday's Zaman - http://www.sundayszaman.com/
• Today's Zaman - http://todayszaman.com/

Turkmenistan

• Turkmen International Homepage - http://www.turkmens.com/
• The Times of Central Asia - http://www.times.kg/
• Good News for Turkmen - http://turkmenhh.org/
• East Russian Scriptures (formerly Central Asian Russian Scriptures) -

  http://www.slovocars.org/

Uzbekistan

• First Page Uzbekistan - http://www.uz/
• Republic of Uzbekistan Government - http://www.uzbekistan.org.il/
• Uzbek Daily From Worldnews.com. - http://www.uzbekdaily.com/
• East Russian Scriptures (formerly Central Asian Russian Scriptures) -

  http://www.slovocars.org/