Twice a year in Turkmenistan, older citizens must scramble for documents proving to their authoritarian government that they are still alive and eligible for their meager pensions. The requirement for ...

DASHOGUZ, Turkmenistan, December 7 (UNHCR) - As soon as she was handed her citizenship papers, Guljahan Egenova began thinking excitedly about the whole new future ahead of her. "I am proud," said the ...

When the Turkmenistan government announced new streamlined visa regulations in April, people familiar with traveling to the Central Asian nation were unsure what to make of it. Not that there are many ...

In a significant step to end statelessness on its territory, Turkmenistan has granted citizenship to 2,580 people, following issuance of a Presidential Decree on the subject this month. Sixty per cent ...

Performers in the state-controlled culture sector in western Turkmenistan have been given a strict deadline to lose weight and "look presentable" in time for the nation's Independence Day, several ...