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Image 1 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 2 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 3 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 4 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 5 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 6 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 7 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 8 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 9 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 10 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
Image 11 — Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.
▲ 22 r/Tiele

Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.

u/creamybutterfly — 2 days ago
▲ 17 r/Tiele

This is probably the most Turk Maxxed photo I have on my phone, it’s just missing the çay. Location: Zelve Açık Hava Müzesi

u/creamybutterfly — 2 days ago
▲ 29 r/TurkicHistory

Photos from the Aksaray Kültür Evi. Most of these are late Ottoman donations from Turkish families but we saw Kurdish and Greek donations too. Ignore the characteristic scary mannequins- they’re everywhere in these low budget culture houses.

u/creamybutterfly — 2 days ago
▲ 46 r/TurkicHistory

Why don’t some Central Asians have henna nights? Other Perso-Turkic countries have them but often enough I am told Central Asians don’t.

u/creamybutterfly — 3 days ago
▲ 14 r/Afghan

After Niger reforested their border with the Sahara, they reversed desertification, prevented flash flooding and protected their top soil by allowing water to soak into the aquifers, increasing the water table. Looking at the current water crisis, Afghanistan can learn a lot from this.

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u/creamybutterfly — 3 days ago
▲ 32 r/AskCentralAsia

Major villages and settlements across North Afghanistan with names of Turko-Mongol origin. More in post description.

These are just major settlements. If I zoomed in there were too many, not to mention many villages are not on google maps.

Common vocabulary and their meanings:

- Aq 🤍 white
- Qara 🖤 black
- Qezel/qizil ❤️ red
- Kok 💙 blue
- Qul/qol/gol 🏞️ lake
- Tash 🪨 stone
- Bulaq 🏞️ river source
- Qurugh 🌵 dry
- Qudugh 💧 a well
- Su 🌊 water
- Kan 🩸 blood
- Qishlaq 🛖 a village
- Boy 🏹 tribe
- Alma 🍎 apple
- Orta 🖖 middle
- Arka 🔙 behind
- Aghach 🌳 forest
- Buri 🐺 wolf
- Balik 🐠 fish/Old Turkic, archaic for city
- Torpakh 🧱 soil
- Jelgelde = “wind has arrived” in Turkmen
- Qizil Ayak = red leg, a Turkmen tribe
- Torkmania = land of Turkmens
- Bayram = celebration
- Baido = Baido Khan 🇲🇳
- Oljatu = Mongolic name/title 🇲🇳
- Arlat = Mongolic tribe 🇲🇳
- Muqur = Mongolic 🇲🇳 a measurement
- Qazaq = possibly Kazakh Soviet refugee settlement
- Boghara = Soviet Uzbek settlement

Many of these also have agglutinative names with different origins. For example, Aq Gozar (Turkic “aq” and Persian “gozar”) means white path. Toqoz Darak (Turkic “toqoz” Persian “darak”) means nine trees.

That said, assuming the villages with Persian names are settled by Tajiks is not a reliable way of assuming the identity of the villagers:

  1. ⁠Many Uzbeks and Turkmen live in villages with Persian names as well because Persian is widely spoken in North Afghanistan.
  2. ⁠Many villages and city names were given Persian names by the Afghan government (eg: Tashkurgan became Kholm).
  3. ⁠Many villages are named after men who settled there.
  4. ⁠Some villages are named after personalities and qualities.
u/creamybutterfly — 6 days ago
▲ 13 r/Afghan

Major villages and settlements with Turko-Mongol names (including agglutinative) in North Afghanistan

u/creamybutterfly — 6 days ago
▲ 8 r/Afghan

Poor baby but what a sweet supportive father trying to keep her ambitions hopes alive 🙁

u/creamybutterfly — 9 days ago
▲ 18 r/Afghan

The Taliban were invited to Brussels by the EU to discuss deporting irregular Afghan migrants from Europe to Afghanistan. This sparked outrage because it implies normalisation and thus accepting their treatment of women. MEP Van Der Walle addresses while wearing a handmade Afghan necklace.

u/creamybutterfly — 9 days ago
▲ 93 r/Afghan+2 crossposts

Sediqa is among many Afghan girls and women who have been sent to morality prisons by the Taliban. Here, her mother is telling her story and begging the Taliban to release her. These women’s prisons have historically been used imprison runaways, adulterers and sexually active unmarried women.

u/creamybutterfly — 9 days ago
▲ 22 r/Tiele

Love seeing the resurgence in these beautiful 19th century Ottoman Bindallıs during henna nights

u/creamybutterfly — 10 days ago
▲ 18 r/iranfirst+1 crossposts

What a fever dream. These are Iranian professional skippers wearing costumes from the Turkmen, Kurdish, Baloch and Talysh nationalities.

u/ayatoilet — 8 days ago
▲ 10 r/Afghan

Gas cylinders: one of the most dangerous tools in the Afghan kitchen. Gas cylinder explosions have caused numerous deaths in Afghanistan- women in particular often die from these.

u/creamybutterfly — 12 days ago
▲ 24 r/Afghan

The realest guy on the internet. Give him a follow, he gives amazing culturally sensitive advice.

u/creamybutterfly — 12 days ago
▲ 22 r/Afghan

Did you know that the Hazara practise of washing the bride’s feet and the Turkmen practise of washing her hands is a remnant of Zoroastrian wedding purification rituals called “padyab”? Link to my previous Afghan wedding-Zoroastrian traditions post in comments.

u/creamybutterfly — 13 days ago
▲ 141 r/Uzbekistan

Maybe we should replace the football team with buvis, they’ll bring home the World Cup in two business days and still make time to complain 🇺🇿

u/creamybutterfly — 14 days ago