Central Asians Living as Expats in Türkiye and the UK after the Dissolution of the USSR

• In Event: What does 1991 Mean in Central Asia?: Oral Histories of a Turning Point

Abstract

This paper deeply analyzes two of the author’s interviews with Kyrgyz expats, one in Ankara, another in London, who left Kyrgyzstan after 1991. They remember the transition as their families experienced it and recount the reasons and circumstances of becoming expats.

Author

• Ali Igmen, California State U, Long Beach