Tag: Turkmenistan
Achgabat, white city – 5- Down the block
Residential blocks line the streets of the town of Daşoguz, 455 km north of Ashgabat. Outside the Turkmen capital, the abundance of gold and marble is… [...]
Ashgabat, the white city -4-
As night falls, the white façades of Ashgabat’s monuments are transported into a colourful wonderland, an electric mirage in the middle of the Karakum Desert. Photo credit: Cornelia… [...]
Ashgabat, the white city -3-
Rising out of the ground, seemingly out of place amid the greenery, these pristine buildings dominate the landscape of the Turkmen capital. High-rise towers have proliferated since the country… [...]
Ashgabat, the white city -2-
In Ashgabat, when the streets are not deserted, they are filled with white cars and only white ones. This began in 2015, with a ban on the… [...]
Ashgabat, the white city
Rising above the white mass of buildings, a statue of a horse stands over 40 metres tall. It marks the Olympic Stadium built for the 2017 Asian Games. … [...]
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Bruce Pannier: “Central Asians never viewed their region as Russia’s backyard”
From photocopied Central Asian newspapers in the 1990s to YouTube investigations and exile media today, Bruce Pannier traces how journalism in the region has changed - and why independent voices… [...]
The Palace of Happiness
The Ashgabat Wedding Palace opened its doors in 2011, to mark the 20th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s independence, and quickly became one of the city’s most recognisable and iconic… [...]
Who Made the Nations of Central Asia?
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Central Asia’s Forests Under Pressure
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From the Pamirs to the Aral Sea: Following the Amu Darya Through Central Asia
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Lunar drinks stand
Rarely has Turkmenistan better deserved its reputation as an inaccessible and strange country than in this photograph of a refreshment bar on the edge of the ‘Gate of Hell’… [...]