In Istanbul's Grand Bazaar sales of gold coins and bars are up while the market for jewelry is shrinking. The decreased demand for fine craftsmanship has taken a toll on many family businesses.
Azerbaijan's intolerance for journalists, Armenians and gays makes for an awkward Eurovision song contest.
Kazakhstan is placing bets on making Aktau a transportation hub—planning a massive expansion and setting up an economic zone with low tax rates. The U.S. will be key to jumpstarting this development.
Prostitution is still legal in Turkey, but this Muslim country is cracking down on the sex trade.
The "March of Millions" brought tens of thousands of protesters to the streets in Moscow on May 6, the day before Vladimir Putin's inauguration as Russian president.
Kazakhstan's ambitious president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is spending freely on new weapons. He also wants his country to build a world-class armaments industry.
At KADEX, Kazakhstan's military exposition hosted near the capital of Astana, the country's plans to beef up its military were on display.
Now that Russia has turned its attentions to regional politics, it is becoming apparent that the most effective opposition forces will come from those who are part of the system or close to it.
A day in the life of Abdullah Demirbas, the pro-Kurdish mayor of the Sur district in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.
Diyarbakır’s 1.5 million Kurdish residents are isolated from western Turkey; they are dismissed, vilified, feared. Now they are on TV.
The recent presidential election in Russia represented the end of large demonstrations that have characterized the anti-Putin movement and the beginning of a strategic approach to spark reform.
Can Putin's opposition maintain the momentum needed to build new alternatives for civil society?
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