By Eurasianet It is customary for the leaders of Turkmenistan to show inflexibility in maintaining the country’s ...

As the world marks Human Rights Day on December 10, activists in Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most repressive countries, ...

Activists and bloggers at home and in exile are being targeted for exposing abuses and criticising the government. HRW calls for the release of all those unjustly imprisoned and for an end to ...

In Turkmenistan, people will do anything to avoid watching their tightly-controlled state media. This journalist spent a day glued to the screen to find out why. In fact, it seems like Turkmen viewers ...

A potential safe zone that could be established in northern Syria between Azaz and Jarabulus will be effective in eliminating the Daesh pressure and Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) threat over ...

Turkmenistan might be getting one of its natural-gas customers back. Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov was in Tehran from October 26-28 for a meeting of the foreign ministers from the countries ...

On December 12, there will be massive celebrations across Turkmenistan to mark the 20th anniversary of the day the United Nations officially recognized the country's "permanent neutrality." What this ...

The weeks-long disappearance from public view of imperious Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov this summer spawned rumors of his death and calls for Ashgabat to prove he was still alive. But ...

Your Vox Membership goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership, we’ll give one to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you to support Vox’s journalism and ...

At least 4,500 Turkmen refugees now live in a camp set up by Turkey just inside Syria Since Russia began air strikes on the Turkmen mountains in north-west Syria last month, nearly 5,000 people from ...

Chef and author Gyulshat Esenova describes how the desert climate of her native Turkmenistan shaped traditional Turkmen food, such as lamb cutlet. Esenova is the author of "Sachak: Traditional Turkmen ...

The already high tensions in the Middle East escalated dramatically on Tuesday after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane along the country’s southern border with Syria. Turkey said the Sukhoi Su-24 ...