Priapisms fit for a PM
The Australian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
SINCE I last reported on Turkmenistan its delightful President for Life, Saparmurat Niyazov, has run out of it. That is, life.
Saparmurat Niyazov
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Still a prison
The Economist (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Under Turkmenbashi?s shadow WHEN Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenbashi or father of all the Turkmen, died of heart failure in December 2006, there was guarded optimism that better days might lie ahead for his benighted country. A year and a half later, assessments are at best mixed. This week the European Union and Turkmenistan held their first ?human-rights dialogue? in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat....
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A Man Who Would Not Break
Persecution Blog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
“Break him morally or destroy him physically!” The Turkmenistan bureaucrats had no more patience for this street preacher. Shageldy Atakov was offered his freedom under President Saparmurat Niyazov’s December 23, 2000, amnesty, provided he would swear the oath of allegiance...
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Turkmen Tower Gets Place in Sun
Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Turkmenistan plans to build a soaring $70 million monument in its capital that will outstrip anything built during the ostentatious rule of the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov, the country's state newspaper reported Monday.
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Turkmenistan top build $70M monument in capital
OTB News (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan plans to build a soaring $70 million monument in the capital that will outstrip anything built during the ostentatious rule of the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov…. Share This
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Turkmenistan top build $70M monument in capital
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Turkmenistan plans to build a soaring $70 million monument in the capital that will outstrip anything built during the ostentatious rule of the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Turkmenistan top build $70M monument in capital
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Turkmenistan plans to build a soaring $70 million monument in the capital that will outstrip anything built during the ostentatious rule of the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Turkmenistan top build $70M monument in capital
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Turkmenistan plans to build a soaring $70 million monument in the capital that will outstrip anything built during the ostentatious rule of the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Turkmenistan top build $70M monument in capital
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan -- Turkmenistan plans to build a soaring $70 million monument in the capital that will outstrip anything built during the ostentatious rule of the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Gas pipeline to China becoming reality
turkmenistan.neweurasia.net (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Gas pipeline from Turkmenistan unlike the pre-Caspian project (see my previous post) is becoming reality. Here is a bunch of facts to prove it. The first frame agreement on gas exports to China was signed by former president Sapparmurat Niyazov in April 2006. Just year later, his successor – Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov went to Beijing in [...]
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Mtl must act fast to snag this baby!
Coolopolis (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The world's greatest public monument is on the block and Montreal should move fast to make a winning bid. Recent reports have noted that The Neutrality Arch in beautiful downtown Ashgabat, Turkmenistan will be removed. The great leader it celebrated, Niyazov died sorta mysteriously last year and was replaced by his appointed successor, the dentist Berdymukhamedov who may or may not be his secret son....
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Turkmenistan dictator Niyazov's golden statue removed to suburbs
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
It turned in the sunshine as a grotesque symbol of one man's megalomaniac rule over the people of Turkmenistan.
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Turkmen leader dismantles monument to ex-ruler
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
A decision to remove a 75-meter-tall monument was the latest step in dismantling the personality cult of the former leader of Turkmenistan, Saparmurad Niyazov.
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Niyazov's Statue Will Fall
Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Turkmenistan's leader has ordered the removal of a giant golden statue of his late predecessor from downtown Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital.
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Turkmenistan to move Niyazov statue
Al Jazeera (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Turkmen president orders removal of his predecessor's golden statue.
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