Ashgabat is in the grip of an ongoing financial crisis, driving up inflation and food prices. A standard internet subscription plan in the city costs $186 a month, while a gallon of milk is $15. The ...

Astana in Kazakhstan was nominated as the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World in 2012, followed by Turkistan in Kazakhstan, which received the nomination in 2017. Anev City in Turkmenistan has been ...

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