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Distro - The Iron Silk Road 

Alex Webb 

The complications that have surrounded building a railway to link Baku, the oil-rich capital of Azerbaijan, with Eastern Turkey -- and thereby, in effect, linking China and Europe -- reflect the political tensions between the countries of the South Caucasus.

While a railroad line currently exists linking Turkey to Armenia to Georgia and from there to Azerbaijan, because of the Nagorno Karabakh War, the border between Armenia and Turkey has remained closed since the early 1990's. Recently, despite the historical enmity between the two countries, conciliatory overtures have been made, however... 

Alex Webb 2009

TURKEY. Kars. 2009. Hand statue above city.

This was supposed... 

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TURKEY. Kars. Statue of Attaturk and mosque behind. 

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TURKEY. Above Kars. 

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TURKEY. Kars. Prayers outside mosque. 

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TURKEY. Kars. Approaching storm. 

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TURKEY. Kars. Kurdish wedding. 

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TURKEY. Kars. Kars is the last stop on the Turkish railroad going... 

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TURKEY. Gonulalan. Kurdish nomadic farmers. They come to this... 

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TURKEY. Kars. 

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TURKEY. Near Basgedikler. Turkey (Between Kars and the Armenian... 

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TURKEY. Kenarbel. Very near the border with Georgia. Teahouse.... 

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TURKEY. Karakale. Village on the border with Georgia where the... 

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TURKEY. Karakale. Village on the border with Georgia where the... 

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TURKEY. Between Kars and Armenian border. This train ends at... 

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Georgia. Sulda(not far from train tracks). 

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GEORGIA. Akhalkalaki. 

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Georgia. Sulda(not far from train tracks). 

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GEORGIA. Akhalkalaki. Former Soviet Army base where people now... 

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GEORGIA. Akhalkalaki. 

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GEORGIA. Kartsakli. Lenin statue. 

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GEORGIA. Southern Georgia. Working on the railroad like that... 

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GEORGIA. Tbilisi. Tramway operator. 

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GEORGIA. Tbilisi. Mock cells erected in protest against President... 

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GEORGIA. Tbilisi. Before mass. Georgian Christian Church. 

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GEORGIA. Tbilisi. Georgian Christian Church. Mass. 

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GEORGIA. Tbilisi. Lakefront amusement park. 

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GEORGIA. Lake Tbilisi. 

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GEORGIA. Lake Tbilisi. 

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GEORGIA. Tetriskaro. Bar. 

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GEORGIA. Tbilisi. Train station.

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GEORGIA. Between Tbilisi and Rustavi. Onboard train.

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GEORGIA. Tbilis. Informal market at suburban train station. 

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GEORGIA. Rustavi. Former industrial city under Soviets. 

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GEORGIA. Rustavi. Former industrial city under Soviets. 

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GEORGIA. Rustavi. Former industrial city under Soviets. 

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GEORGIA. Near Ergeniti. Georgian soldiers at the border with... 

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GEORGIA. Near Ergeniti. Georgian soldiers at the border with... 

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GEORGIA. Ergneti. This village was invaded by Ossetians backed... 

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GEORGIA. Ergneti. This village was invaded by Ossetians backed... 

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GEORGIA. Tkviavi. A village that was invaded by the Russians... 

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GEORGIA. Tserovani. New village built by the Georgian government... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Western Azerbaijan. Portrait of Heydar Aliyev, former... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Outskirts of Baku. Old oil fields on the edge of... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Outskirts of Baku. Old oil fields on the edge of... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Statue of Neriman Nerimanov, founder of the... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Hotel bar overlooking the city. 

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. 

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Along the Caspian Sea promenade.

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Wedding.

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Wedding.

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku.

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku.

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AZERBAIJAN. Shuvelan. Festival of Gurban Bayrami, Moslem festival... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Azeri refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh war.... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Azeri refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh war.... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Baku. Azeri refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh war.... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Pirshaga. Azeri refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh... 

Alex Webb 2009

AZERBAIJAN. Pirshaga. Azeri refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh... 

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AZERBAIJAN. Kochvali. Village near the Georgian border.

Alex Webb 2009

AZERBAIJAN. Pirshaga. Azeri refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh... 
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