Turkmenistan and the EU met to address regional security and the situation in Afghanistan, focusing on stability, cooperation, and peace.

Dr. Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Jaber conveyed to the Turkmen President the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and his wishes for continued progress and prosperity for the ...

Today’s issue of The Neutral Turkmenistan. The cult of personality built by Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Turkmenistan’s paramount leader, is already well documented. He has unveiled golden monuments to ...

President Vladimir Putin began a visit to Turkmenistan on Friday (October 11, 2024), speaking at an international forum with Central Asian leaders and the President of Iran. The Kremlin said Mr ...

In this equestrian image released in June 2021, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, who was Turkmenistan's ruler at the time, was in the process of raising his son's profile ahead of the younger ...

The Freedom House NGO ranks Turkmenistan among the "worst of the worst" for political freedoms and civil liberties. It scores just two of 100 possible points in its rankings -- lower than North Korea.

There is a new power in Central Asian football and, a year ago, it did not even exist. Turkmenistan’s Arkadag FC kicked their first-ever ball in a competitive game just in April with a 2-1 win ...

Turkmenistan has had three rulers since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, all of whom have maintained a cult of personality and imposed tight controls on civil liberties.

Darvaza Crater also has an oddly mythic status within Turkmenistan thanks to its former ruler Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. “There was a period where people thought he had died,” recalls Kourounis.

The president of Turkmenistan on Thursday officially inaugurated a vast, multibillion-dollar development hailed as the country’s first “smart city” and named after the president’s father ...

If Turkmenistan and the U.S. embark on closer relations, it may be part of Ashgabat’s policy to balance between the U.S., Russia, China, Turkey, and Iran, but will the U.S. expect “balance ...