Turkmenistan’s longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an ...

The president of Turkmenistan has unveiled a giant statue to his favorite dog. The 19-foot (6 metre) sculpture, covered entirely in gold leaf, honours the Alabay or Central Asian shepherd ...

The isolated Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on Monday unveiled a massive gold statue of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov riding a horse in a move that echoes his predecessor's cult of ...

ASHGABAT (Reuters) - A rotating gold statue of Turkmenistan's former leader is to be removed from the centre of the capital, state media said on Saturday, as his successor chips away at the late ...

The answer, if Turkmenistan is anything to go by, is a 21-metre marble and gold leaf monument ... central Asian country has revealed its first statue to its dominant president, former dentist ...

President Saparmurat Niyazov ruled Turkmenistan like it was his ... Niyazov loved himself and, of course, gold. So he built a golden statue of himself that literally turned throughout the day ...

During his rule, Niyazov turned Turkmenistan into an isolated state characterized by dictatorial and cult of personality practices that saw him award himself the title of “Turkmenbashi” (The father of ...

The isolated Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on Friday unveiled an 80-metre (262 feet) high bronze statue, one of the tallest in the world, in honour of its most famous national poet. The oil and ...

Turkmenistan's longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat.