ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – The isolated energy-rich Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has unveiled a gold-leafed statue of the president in a gesture intended to burnish the leader's burgeoning ...

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 ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - Turkmenistan has unveiled a grandiose gold-leafed statue of the president carrying a dove and riding atop a horse - a move aimed at burnishing the leader's burgeoning ...

Young Turkmen men and women take part in an opening ceremony of the first monument to Turkmenistan's President. (AFP) Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: The isolated Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on ...

As countries throughout the world rethink monuments to notable figures from the past, asking whether they reflect current values, the president of Turkmenistan ... 19-foot-tall gold sculpture ...

The answer, if Turkmenistan ... and gold leaf monument, accessorised with a delirious chanting crowd. The resource-rich but forcibly reclusive central Asian country has revealed its first statue ...

The president of Turkmenistan this week unveiled a ... The gigantic dog statue joins another gold-leafed monument on a different major intersection in the capital depicting Berdymukhamedov riding ...

The president of Turkmenistan unveiled a large gilded statue in the capital of the Central Asian nation dedicated to his love of a regional breed of sheepdog. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ...

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 ...