#but its okay....i love nargiza

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Turkuzbek hcs because I don't give them enough love!!!!

Age: I was talking to a couple of friends about this! @peonycats believes turkey to be born around the years 900-1000 CE. meanwhile, uzbekistan would be born around the late 1200s, meaning that turkey's older than uzb by 300 years... 😔 rip my sexy milf uzb hcs...

History: they go wayy back. the Timurid Empire actually had a battle with the Ottoman Empire, largely out of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I's concern that the Timurids were expanding too far west. while the Ottomans were heading to the east, Timur's forces cut from behind and sieged Ankara, which started the Battle of Ankara(1402). the Timurid Empire won, also holding the title to being the only ones to capture an Ottoman Sultan in person in all of the Ottoman Empire's history. Not only that, but the Timurid Empire kinda caused a civil war in the Ottoman Empire due to the Sultan dying in captivity, causing all his sons to fight about who the legitimate heir was.

Nothing says teenage romance like causing a civil war in someone's empire and starting a record that was never broken for all 700 years of its history ❤️

(it's also said that allegedly the sultan was kept in a gold cage...)

turkey jokes about her bloodthirsty era, to which she tries smashing her face into his neck and slapping his shoulders "stop!!! I was 17 back then ok 😭😭" but will also say "ok but we caused a civil war at your place so"

after the Timurid Empire collapsed, the Ottomans and Uzbeks got along better. the Khwarazm and Bukhara khanates asked turkey to help them with the threat of russian expansion. and the Ottomans and uzbeks worked together to launch offensives against Iran in the late 1500s to early 1600s.

unfortunately i don't really have much for turkuzbek during the rule of imperial russia and the ussr as they barely interacted, and though turkey was the first nation to recognize uzbekistan's independence, relations soured during the first president's administration due to um. Driving turkish companies out because they had prayer mats in their offices 💀💀

BUT after the first president karimov died, the vice president mirziyoyev began to issue reforms and lifted bans on religious activity, causing a revival of islam in uzbekistan. turkey was all for it, so they began to get closer than ever. That's where they currently are in terms of relationships!

hcs:

THEY ARE LOSER HUSBAND X PRETTY WIFE THEY REALLY AREEE

you know when you have that trusted, dependable friend and one night at a sleepover they wanna tell you something and they confess to having a crush on the WORST person for them but they're head over heels in love? yeah that's uzbekistan 😔

she may be younger but if you didn't know it, you'd assume she's the older one based on maturity.

when they do get together, kazakhstan and kyrgyzstan are both...shocked. kazakhstan just thinks turkey's ego is massively inflated and that russia wouldn't appreciate their relationship getting closer, limiting russian economic support, whereas kyrgyzstan looks like one of those stick figures violence reaction images and kazakhstan has to hold him back

he's definitely the type of guy to slam his hand against the wall and corner her just to see her facial expression

he also calls her "Nargiz," a nickname of her name "Nargiza" which also alters her brain chemistry

though, i want to think that uzbekistan does try to make her move...just in private. idk how she'd do that use your imagination i guess?

even when they're in an established relationship, she's mostly affectionate in private. the most turkey's gonna get out of her in public is....h*nd h*lding or arm clutching but even then...she won't do that until they're married(turkuzbek wedding when???)

uzbekistan reading or scrolling through her phone after a long day of work and turkeys like "nargiz...pay attention to me......come on let's make tea......"

They give each other shoulder massages occasionally

when turkey catches uzbekistan reading he joins her

🇹🇷: hey stop turning the pages so quickly

🇺🇿: i can't stay on this page forever

one second he's talking about how manly of a man he is, next second he asks uzbekistan to cuddle him

they both love cats! and they occasionally have friendly fights about who's more hospitable

turkey and uzbekistan also argue about who did it wrong(uzbek osh vs turkish pilaf, and turkey gets upset at uzbekistan's pahlava because "it's a cheap ripoff")

i was reading about strengthening turkey uzbekistan relations and the article said something like "together, the uzbek and turkish presidents band together as hanafi against the wahabi-salafism sect" so imagining this whole convo:

🇸🇦 circa 2018: congratulations on getting your religious freedom back, uzbekistan! what is your next step moving forward?

🇺🇿: well actually i-

🇹🇷: she's with me lol

turkey has a weird obsession with mongolia and the casians' nomadic pasts

🇹🇷: HELLO MY TURKIC MONGOLIC NOMADIC ISLAMIC MARE MILK DRINKING HORSE RIDING STEPPE BROTHERS AND SISTERS

🇺🇿: im sorry sir this is a choyxona(tea house/restaurant)

though turkey is a fellow islamic nation and they do belong to the same sect as uzbeks do, uzbekistan is still a little stricter. lots of turkish dramas had scenes cut from the uzbek premiere, and some dramas were just...not broadcasted due to...spicy scenes(making out i guess??)

🇹🇷: awww, come on they cut out my favorite scene

🇺🇿: your what 😃🔪

they also get along because they have similar tastes in tea! might as well call them tea lovers

turkey prefers his tea with sugar, whereas uzbekistan just drinks it without.

russia looked down on her and the rest of the central asians because "they were in their ignorant peasant barbarian era before I came and changed everything for the better!!!!"

she also had to unhealthily bottle her feelings of nervousness, anxiety, and overwhelming anger as russia kept taking and taking from uzbekistan(things like cotton, and forcing the aral sea into irrigation, causing the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world to dry up), giving little back or nothing at all to uzbekistan

so one of my earliest turkuzbek hcs was that turkey helps her recover from nightmares by the ussr despite her not telling him what happened, and trying to get her to calm down with tea and desserts and that's when she realized she liked him so much.

saudi arabia initially didn't believe someone as "sensible and mature" as uzbekistan would get with turkey, until she herself confirmed it to him 😔 he mourns the loss of another normal person...

🇸🇦: Dear Diary, today we lost the land of Al Tirmidhi...Al Bukhari...our last bastion...to Turkey...now my allies are no more...

turkuzbek use scent as comfort. when one has to go back home after a meeting or event, the other spends the night hugging the pillow they slept with, or wearing a jacket or other article of clothing they left behind.

they steal each other's clothes for this reason!

back in like...2020 a turkish director partnered with the Uzbek Ministry of Culture and Sports to make the Mendirman Jaloliddin drama based on the last ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire before it fell to the Mongols. so anyways they're hyping up their country's actors before they go on set, and meanwhile all actors from both countries see how turkuzbek are and ship it as well lolol

and lastly: just because I'm also korean...soojin is their wingman lolol

This is all my brain could record, so if anyone has anything to add, please do not hesitate and add your hcs!

[itstokkii]

Turkuzbek Drabble–Takes place in modern day

In which Uzbekistan spends time with her boyfriend Turkey hiking and comes out with a slightly changed perspective

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"Are you really sure taking her out for a nature walk is a good idea?"

"Yeah, why not? Think of it...two people alone with nature...appreciating the beauty of the landscape...it's therapeutic! She's probably into that stuff, right? It might change her perspective on the great outdoors!"

"Hmm...I'll see how it goes. Thanks, Soojin."

"No problem, oppa~" She giggled and ended the call.

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"Sadik...ha....ah....why are we climbing up such steep trails...at 5 in the evening...? You know how much I hate hiking...!"

"I do." He nonchalantly agreed.

"Then...hah...why even spend time uselessly exerting our bodies like this? We could be at home right now!"

"At home doing what? Exerting our bodies in other ways~?"

"SADIK!" She gripped his waist and shook him. "We're in public, think of the children!"

He looked around. They were the only two scaling the mountain trails, no families to hear their conversation in sight.

"Fine, so there may not be any children. But you can't just say things like that in public! Weirdo..." Nargiza pouted and leaned on a nearby tree, fiddling with her braid. When it seemed that all was calm, she turned her head to the side–

Only to be face to face with a spiderweb.

"AAAH!" Nargiza ripped herself away from the tree and hugged Sadik.

"It's just a spider, Nargiz! Honestly, what's it going to do, eat you alive?"

"It's a spider! Its mere presence shakes the hearts of many!"

He chuckled and ruffled her hair. "It's okay, you're with your big strong boyfriend! If anything happens I'll set this whole place on fire."

"I'd appreciate if I wasn't the sole reason for committing arson, but thank you." She gently dabbed at her eyes to get rid of any tears.

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"How much longer?"

"Hmm..." Sadik paused to look at the map. "Only about a 20 minute walk! We're getting closer!"

Nargiza groaned. "Sadik...I do find it a little upsetting you haven't told me what our goal in this is. Where are we going?"

"Somewhere I know you'll love. Think of this as a test of trust in our relationship."

"Now that sounds worse..!"

He ducked past a tree branch. "Why are you so afraid of hiking, anyway? I get staying at home and relaxing, but I've never seen someone so repulsed by the idea of going out into the great outdoors. Besides, weren't you the more nomadic one out of the two of us?"

Nargiza stopped in her tracks and thought about it. "Well, I do enjoy going horse riding with my brothers...but that's in a controlled environment that I trust. The wilderness isn't something I'm familiar with, something I know. We could go anywhere and I would be comforted knowing how controlled and predictable the environment is. But here? Anything could happen here," she shuddered. "Besides, dying is fine, but my clothes...they only live once. Why risk it and cause the death of my beautiful clothing in the process?"

Sadik thought about it. Of course she'd be finicky about her clothes. What else would she brag about to her close friends and family? But a small part of him believed he should have been more careful. She had a habit of sticking to what she knew. She preferred stability, no matter the conditions, over change. He remembered her talking about it before as well.

"What's the point of demanding change? Who knows how it could turn out? Many have took to the streets demanding change, and when they weren't massacred to death, something else would happen that would cause the people to live in squalor. Sometimes I admire those brave people, but I'm far too apathetic and afraid to do anything."

He had hoped this would help her come out of her shell more, but what if it was doing the opposite? What if it was reinforcing her beliefs about the unknown?

He shook those thoughts away and focused on the present, hoping the surprise waiting for her at the end of the trail would help her see what she had been avoiding.

Sadik looked up at the sky. The midday light began to glow a slight orange now. If they got there just in time...

Nargiza's voice snapped him out of her thoughts. "Oh, my..." He was too busy thinking to realize they had gotten to the end of the trail, a meadow of lush green grass decorated by wildflowers and dandelions. Across the meadow was a small creek, light reflecting on the water from the sun.

They walked closer to the river and then stopped to sit down. The sun was now setting, the sky painted in beautiful swirls of pink and orange, clouds pulled like cotton.

Nargiza turned to him and broke the silence. "So...this is what you wanted me to see?"

"Yeah. You tell me, was it worth it?"

"Definitely. It's absolutely beautiful... Perhaps I've judged hiking and nature a bit too harshly. Maybe we can do more of this." She looked down and sighed. "But...all that walking made me extremely hot. It's still what, thirty degrees?"

So. She was still complaining, huh.

Sadik smirked. "Don't worry babe, I know how to cool down..."

"How–SADIK!" Sadik picked her up in a fireman carry and set her down in the creek, ignoring the pain on his shoulder and back as her legs kicked in protest.

Nargiza stood up, completely drenched. Sadik tried to look at her face to see if he upset her.

She looked up at him and smiled creepily. "Darling....come here."

A wave of fear crawled through his back, and he started to run.

She got up from the creek and immediately chased him around the meadow.

"I-I'm sorry!" He yelled back, desperately trying to save himself from her wrath. She may not be a fast runner, but nobody can guess what her next move would be when she got angry.

"No you're not! Hah...You're just sorry you got caught!"

She was gaining on him, and Sadik quietly muttered the Ayat-ul Kursi under his breath.

"H-hey, you don't have to keep chasing me! You'll get tuckered out!"

"You think I care about that now?!"

Nargiza, after chasing him for a while with no results, slowed before stopping and sitting down.

Sadik desperately hoped this wasn't a trick as he crept closer, to which he now saw that she was shivering like a wet kitten.

"It's...it's cold..."

So cute...

He took off his jacket and carefully wrapped it around his shoulders, then hugged her for good measure. She pulled her hairtie off and undid her braid to let her hair dry quicker.

"Hey...I'm sorry about dropping you into the creek..." He whispered.

"You're an asshole. But...you're so handsome..." A shivering hand angled up to pinch his cheek. "I hate you."

He chuckled, and the kissed her forehead. "That's okay, because I still love you~"

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"So, how'd your outdoor date with Sadik go?"

"Ah...Well, it was certainly eventful. I think the outdoors grew on me a little more, actually." Nargiza blushed and played with her hair.

Soojin knew Nargiza hated hiking. But she was a master planner. Knowing Nargiza, she'd scream at the sight of a beetle on a tree, and cling to Sadik, just as the trope goes! And at the end of all the torment and complaining laid a beautiful meadow with flowers and a pink, warm sunset. That's when they would both realize how amazing the whole experience was, and fall in love all over again and—

"So you're telling me you were behind this the whole time!"

"I SAID THAT ALL OUT LOUD?!"