Local authorities say the statue, Central Asia’s largest Lenin monument, will be moved into a nearby park.

This sprawling city cost some £11 billion to construct, but now its streets appear to be completely devoid of people.

Turkmenistan is a country that defies expectations—and explanation. Isolated from the world and ruled by a bizarre cult of personality, it’s a place where gold statues of presidents, empty marble ...

Turkmenistan's longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat.

President Saparmurat Niyazov ruled Turkmenistan like it was his ... Niyazov loved himself and, of course, gold. So he built a golden statue of himself that literally turned throughout the day ...

Turkmenistan's longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an ...

During his rule, Niyazov turned Turkmenistan into an isolated state characterized by dictatorial and cult of personality practices that saw him award himself the title of “Turkmenbashi” (The father of ...

The energy-rich Central Asian country on the Caspian Sea has no free media, honours its authoritarian leaders with ostentatious gold statues and ... foreign minister of Turkmenistan's top trade ...

authorities honoured him with his own gold statue, which depicted Berdymukhamedov atop one of his beloved stallions, a dove perched on his hand. There is no free media in Turkmenistan and ...

Turkmenistan celebrated the first national ... Ashgabat’s growing collection of monuments, which includes a gold-coated statue of President Berdymukhamedov himself seated on a horse, mounted ...

Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on ... Another street junction features a statue, also coated in gold, of President Berdymukhamedov himself, seated on a horse.