kurultai

Izvestia dubbed the kurultai, "Operation Successor."

EurasiaNet 2010

Bakiyev's office is holding a separate national assembly, or the so-called kurultai, on March 23-24 to bring together pro-presidential forces ranging from senior cabinet members to village elders to discuss policies and plans for this year.

Hurriyet Dailynews BISHKEK - Khaleej Times 2010

The opposition ultimatum on March 24 coincides with the kurultai as well as the Tulip Revolution.

Hurriyet Dailynews BISHKEK - Khaleej Times 2010

The New Leader of Kyrgyzstan, Roza Otunbaeva, in traditional dress at the April 2009 kurultai (presidential nominating meeting)

Politics Eugene Huskey 2010

Bakiyev at first tried to downplay the hostile Russian media coverage, telling the kurultai plenum on March 24: "There are politicians in Russia who are trying to sow discord between Russia and Kyrgyzstan, despite the fact that there are very good relations between our countries."

EurasiaNet 2010

The next morning, governor's offices in several northern cities were in the hands of demonstrators, and large crowds were gathering in the center of Bishkek as an anti-Bakiev kurultai was set to open.

Politics Eugene Huskey 2010

Ultimately, the kurultai was transformed into a mourning ceremony for those who died in the April 6-7 political violence that led to the Bakiyev administration's collapse.

EurasiaNet 2010

Although this kurultai -- a word for popular assembly handed down from the Mongols

Politics Eugene Huskey 2010

Jalal-Abad was due to hold a kurultai, or a traditional public gathering, to discuss the region's political future on April 10, but provisional government representatives cancelled it due to fears that it could turn violent.

EurasiaNet 2010

Following the kurultai, I joined a dozen top leaders of the opposition in a small yurt in a neighboring village for lunch.

Politics Eugene Huskey 2010