Add to ORKGWith the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, Saparmurat Niyazov, the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan and self-styled “Turkmenbashi” (Father of All Turkmen), became the country’s first president, quickly fashioning Turkmenistan into one of the most repressive regimes in the world. Declared president-for-life after a dubious parliamentary election in which he selected all of the candidates, Niyazov has created a Stalinistic personality cult to glorify his image and to solidify his control over the state. His “reforms” have outlawed political dissent, marginalized ethnic and religious minorities, gutted the public health system, and enforced a campaign of public indoctrination in which the state controls a...
Central Asia is a strange case in comparative political study. The individual countries within this ...
This thesis investigates why extreme forms of personal rule arise and endure in the contemporary in...
In 2005, an estimated 450 deaths were caused by injuries due to internal military violence. The degr...
Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov (known as Turkmenbashy, or “father of Turkmens”), the long...
Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov (known as Turkmenbashy, or “father of Turkmens”), the long...
[Extract] While a new wave of democratic revolutions was widely expected in the aftermath of the col...
Saparmurat Nijazov osebujna je politička ličnost koja je bila na čelu Turkmenistana od 1985. do svoj...
Saparmurat Nijazov osebujna je politička ličnost koja je bila na čelu Turkmenistana od 1985. do svoj...
Saparmurat Nijazov osebujna je politička ličnost koja je bila na čelu Turkmenistana od 1985. do svoj...
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a state of political, economic, and social disar...
Central Asia, once one of the least known regions in the world, has become important to the United S...
BACKGROUND: There is a health crisis in Turkmenistan similar to, but more severe than, in other Cent...
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has experienced high levels of ethnic conflict with regar...
Upon the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asi...
From 1943 to 1949, almost 1.5 million ethnic minorities were deported from their homes in the southe...
Central Asia is a strange case in comparative political study. The individual countries within this ...
This thesis investigates why extreme forms of personal rule arise and endure in the contemporary in...
In 2005, an estimated 450 deaths were caused by injuries due to internal military violence. The degr...
Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov (known as Turkmenbashy, or “father of Turkmens”), the long...
Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov (known as Turkmenbashy, or “father of Turkmens”), the long...
[Extract] While a new wave of democratic revolutions was widely expected in the aftermath of the col...
Saparmurat Nijazov osebujna je politička ličnost koja je bila na čelu Turkmenistana od 1985. do svoj...
Saparmurat Nijazov osebujna je politička ličnost koja je bila na čelu Turkmenistana od 1985. do svoj...
Saparmurat Nijazov osebujna je politička ličnost koja je bila na čelu Turkmenistana od 1985. do svoj...
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a state of political, economic, and social disar...
Central Asia, once one of the least known regions in the world, has become important to the United S...
BACKGROUND: There is a health crisis in Turkmenistan similar to, but more severe than, in other Cent...
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has experienced high levels of ethnic conflict with regar...
Upon the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asi...
From 1943 to 1949, almost 1.5 million ethnic minorities were deported from their homes in the southe...
Central Asia is a strange case in comparative political study. The individual countries within this ...
This thesis investigates why extreme forms of personal rule arise and endure in the contemporary in...
In 2005, an estimated 450 deaths were caused by injuries due to internal military violence. The degr...