The Turkmenator: Berdymukhammedov Goes Action Hero

[Friends of Baloch]

Article: https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan.../28654818.html



Wow. North Korea's lost cousin.

[maneatinglizard]

It's a shame that all the Central Asian governments are so awful. We used to have the greatest cities in the world, with the best schools, masjids, etc. Now we have a bunch of wannabes leaders overly obsessed with themselves and unable to accomplish anything.

The previous president of Turkmenistan apparently even went so far as write a book that he demanded be given equal status as the Quran.

[Friends of Baloch]

It's a shame that all the Central Asian governments are so awful. We used to have the greatest cities in the world, with the best schools, masjids, etc. Now we have a bunch of wannabes leaders overly obsessed with themselves and unable to accomplish anything.

The previous president of Turkmenistan apparently even went so far as write a book that he demanded be given equal status as the Quran.

This is only half true. Central Asia has always had a divide between the civilized and the uncivilized existing alongside in contrast to each other.

What is now Turkmenistan has for long been one of the more uncivilized parts of Central Asia, with the exception of Merv and a couple of other ex-Iranian cities.

The previous Turkmen president also renamed the months of the year after his own family!