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, died early ...

Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov has been derided of late for megalomaniacal behavior, including the renaming of months and days of the week. Yet, at the same time, Niyazov has proven himself a ...

Last week Turkmenistan buried its brutal dictator, Saparmurad Niyazov. His ruthless reign spanned two decades, during which time his policies became increasingly irrational and unpredictable. The long ...

In the story, broadcast by state media throughout the country, the German doctors said Niyazov is in excellent health. But in a society in which people have learned to believe the opposite of what the ...

ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Turkmenistan mourned its dead leader Saparmurat Niyazov on Friday but political uncertainty and intrigue gripped the Central Asian country as it prepared to bury the man who had ...

ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Turkmenistan's leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died on Thursday, was absolute ruler of his Central Asian desert state for more than 20 years, enjoying a unique personality cult.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has scrapped a state award named after the mother of the late president in the latest reform to his predecessor's bizarre rule, Neutral Turkmenistan ...

Ashgabat (AsiaNews) – The president ofTurkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, died yesterday after 21 years of authoritarian and repressive rule that denied respect for all human rights. The official cause ...

After President Niyazov’s death, his successor promised to open Turkmenistan up. But the gas-rich nation is still an enigma. Monocle entered the country to see what, if anything, has changed. It is ...

The post-Soviet government of the Republic of Turkmenistan retains many of the characteristics and the personnel of the communist regime of Soviet Turkmenistan. The government has received substantial ...

Leaders from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan signed a framework agreement on 27 December on building a pipeline to carry gas from Turkmenistan's Dauletabad-Donmez field through Afghanistan to ...

Turkmen state television is usually filled with happy faces, people singing and dancing, seemingly enjoying hard and sometimes unpaid work in a field under the hot sun. There are, of course, also the ...