A handful of Kyrgyz Turks live in the Ulupamir village of Van's Erciş district, adhering to their thousands of years old traditions. They had to leave their original homeland exactly a century ago. First, they migrated to the Pamir Mountains, which is considered the roof of the world, with the raid of the Russian tsarist.
The Kyrgyz, who managed to survive at high altitudes, migrated to the lands of East Turkestan as a result of the pressure of the Tsarist. After the Communist China's invasion of East Turkestan in 1949, they immigrated to Afghanistan, and in 1979 they faced the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The forced migration of Kyrgyz people, who were accustomed to the cold high in the Pamir mountains, to Pakistan opened the door to new challenges. The Kyrgyz, who got used to the cold weather at high altitudes, started to lose their lives when the temperature dropped to 60 degrees. Then the USA offered to settle in Alaska. However, fearing that the Kyrgyz would lose their language and religion, they rejected this offer of the USA and sought asylum in Turkey, where their brothers lived, in 1980. Since then, they have continued their lives in the Ulupamir village of Van, keeping their millennial culture alive.
GZT editors Nazgül Kenzhetay and Emin Karaçak explained you the unique stories of the Kyrgyz Turks from 7 to 70.
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