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Authorities have responded to public fears by forming a committee to oversee existing committees.

The deaths of four Azerbaijani students in the Turkey quakes have fueled frustration.

Following the devastating quakes in Turkey, residents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia are wondering how safe their cities are.

Tightening internet controls as families desperately try to reach loved ones in Turkey, bogus economic performance figures, and Berdymukhamedov the elder visits the Gulf. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Plus: Valentine’s Day is just one challenge to dating in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Armenia’s aid efforts to Turkey, in particular, were closely scrutinized.

A vaunted meeting to discuss shipping Turkmen gas to Turkey and Europe ended without a breakthrough. But Uzbekistan is buying. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The unique Islamic structures stand on the fringes of Georgian culture.

Women pay for the president’s conservative obsessions; Turkmenistan’s paranoia undermines its wish to be a transport hub; and the EU offers the methane polluter a chance to green its image. Our weekly briefing.

Closing an exit route. Plus: solicitous Russians and electricity exports. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

For some Afghans trying to make a new life abroad, Tajikistan feels like a step backwards.

The current process, unlike previous efforts, is a largely top-down one. What can we do to change that?

Al-Azaim Tajiki has become one of the most vigorous Islamic State evangelists targeting Central Asia.

Supporters are growing an online network in the Tajik language. Many of the donors appear to be in Russia.

Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.