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Karakalpakstan is a large autonomous republic located in western Uzbekistan. It is home to ethnic Karakalpaks, a Turkic people who speak a language closer to Kazakh than to Uzbek. Despite the geographic size of their republic, Karakalpaks number just 752,000, 2.2% of Uzbekistan's population. [10]
On 26 June 2022, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyayev, proposed 170 amendments to the country's constitution, to be voted on in a public referendum.This included an amendment that would significantly reduce Karakalpakstan's autonomous status within Uzbekistan, as well as another that would remove Karakalpaks' constitutional right to secede from Uzbekistan via a referendum.
The channel started digital broadcasts in April 2013 and on June 1 of the same year, it opened its first dubbing studio, for dubbed cartoons, followed by a second one in 2014 for movies and TV shows. In 2018, an estimated 95%–98% of the Karakalpak population watched the channel. [2]
The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Karakalpak ASSR; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР, Qaraqalpaqstan ASSR; Uzbek: Қорақалпоғистон АССР, Qoraqalpog‘iston ASSR; Russian: Каракалпакская АССР, Karakalpakskaya ASSR), also known as Soviet Karakalpakstan or simply Karakalpakstan, was an autonomous republic within the Soviet Union.
[2] 2 July – 2022 Karakalpak protests: The government of Uzbekistan drops plans to strip Karakalpakstan of its autonomy amid widespread protests in the region. Internet access is restricted as regional protests continue for a second day, with the government accusing a "criminal gang" of trying to seize government buildings in Karakalpakstan. [3]
Karakalpakstan is now mostly desert and is located in western Uzbekistan near the Aral Sea, in the lowest part of the Amu Darya basin. [10] [9] [11] It has an area of 164,900 km 2 [12] and is surrounded by desert. The Kyzyl Kum Desert is located to the east and the Karakum Desert is located to the south.
Rare street protests began on 2–3 April 2019 when illegal houses were demolished, sparking anger. A wave of protests started on 26–30 July, protesting the treatment of poor people and the demolitions of mosques, homes and houses. Many say they've been treated like dogs. Hundreds demonstrated in the areas surrounding Tashkent. Mass protests ...
That year was the first time that Uzbekistan assumed the presidency of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS. [25] Congratulating Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on the victory in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War , he pledged that Uzbekistan will to contribute to this process of restoration of the occupied territories, including mosques, and ...