MOSCOW, Dec. 21 -- Saparmurat Niyazov, who wove a bizarre and gilded cult of personality into dictatorial rule as president for life of the energy-rich former Soviet republic Turkmenistan ...

She was living a comfortable life in London in relative obscurity until her father, the omnipotent leader of Turkmenistan, summoned her home to Ashgabat and thrust her onto the political stage.

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has been the president of Turkmenistan, one of the world's most restrictive and secretive countries in the world, since 2006. Activists have decried the country's human ...

Here's how the State Department's latest human rights report about the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan begins: "Although the constitution declares Turkmenistan to be a secular democracy and a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

If you happen to be in downtown Ashgabat — the capital of Turkmenistan — you might notice something new. There is now a 69-foot statue of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov riding a golden ...

I’ve got this.” The golden man is Saparmurat Niyazov, the quirk-riddled, megalomaniacal dictator who ruled Turkmenistan until his sudden death from heart failure in 2006. This Arch of ...

perhaps begun innocently enough as a cultural celebration -- that winds up endorsing the Turkmen dictator as an Internet innovator. The Americans' praise of cultural initiatives might be warranted if ...

She was living a comfortable life in London in relative obscurity until her father, the omnipotent leader of Turkmenistan, summoned her home to Ashgabat and thrust her onto the political stage. That ...