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Years of repression and one-man rule has left Turkmenistan without alternative leaders.
Last Modified: 23 Dec 2006 11:12 GMT Central & South Asia
Country's highest legislative body will consider "candidates for president's post".
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2006 13:24 GMT Central & South Asia
Saparmurat Niyazov, the country's long-term leader, died on heart failure aged 66.
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2006 03:06 GMT Central & South Asia
State TV identifies heart failure as cause of death of Saparmurat Niyazov at age 66.
Last Modified: 21 Dec 2006 12:48 GMT Central & South Asia
Turkmenistan's president sacks five ministers over falsified agricultural reports.
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2006 18:52 GMT Central & South Asia
Turkmenistan's leader on Sunday congratulated citizens of the ex-Soviet republic on the Turkmen Melon Day he established to honour the favourite fruit of the sun-drenched Central Asian nation.
Last Modified: 14 Aug 2005 19:48 GMT Archive
Turkmenistan's forthcoming parliamentary elections are being dismissed as a farce by Western diplomats.
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2004 08:11 GMT Archive

Turkmenistan's parliament has added to the personality cult surrounding President Saparmurat Niyazov by dedicating this year to the president's deceased father.

Last Modified: 06 Mar 2004 12:58 GMT Archive
Long hair or beards will no longer be tolerated in Turkmenistan, following a presidential decree.
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2004 20:27 GMT Archive

Residents of the Turkmenistan capital, Ashkhabad, were left confused on Friday following a government declaration banning most livestock from the city to make room for flowers.

Last Modified: 04 Jul 2003 20:57 GMT Archive
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