Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, May 5, 2025 (AFP) - 'Gateway to Hell' and personality cults: five things to know about Turkmenistan

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2025-05-05

Turkmenistan's father of the nation, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, met French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in Paris, a rare trip to the West. Here are five things to know about Turkmenistan, the former Soviet republic in Central Asia and one of the most reclusive countries in the world: Turkmenistan has had only three presidents since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. First was Saparmurat Niyazov, who proclaimed himself......

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