New rules have been handed down to women working in Ashgabat further restricting what they can wear, adding to a growing list ...

The country’s then president, Saparmurat Niyazov, was reported to have been so upset at seeing some of the country’s biggest and more established stars miming on TV shows to their biggest hits ...

Founded in 1991 by Turkmenistan’s first President Saparmurat Niyazov, the ruling Democratic Party I the biggest party in the country. Following parliamentary polls in 2018, the party won 55 out ...

He became acting president after the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006 and won the presidential election. In February 2012, he was re-elected to the post. In October 2011 ...