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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

MOSCOW, Dec. 21 -- The unexpected death of Saparmurad Niyazov, the repressive ruler of Turkmenistan, could unleash a power struggle in the energy-rich Central Asian republic, analysts here said ...

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 ...

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But say what you will about Central Asia's hermit republic, Turkmenistan does have the circus. The news was welcomed with a storm of applause. Inspired artists sincerely thanked the President of ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — A few days ago I returned from a rare visit to Turkmenistan — an isolated and anachronistic country, and one of the most cut-off in the world, even compared to other ...