Enormous mystery square in Garabogazköl lagoon
There is enormous mystery square in Google photo of Garabogazköl lagoon. This lagoon has many increases and decreases in level, sometimes even totally dry. Very strange that shadow is on northeast...
View ArticleWikiLeaks: Ahmet Çalik says Turkmen president tool of Russians
Editor’s note: An American diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks reveals that in 2007, Turkish businessman Ahmet Çalık believed that, vis-à-vis, Turkmenistan was “on the surface” the most independent...
View ArticleTurkmenet’s first e-witness to Abadan explosion speaks again
First e-witness spoke again. Cannot confirm his statements but he was cited by Annasoltan. He has spoken again today: “I escaped death at the last moment, running away and making an accident with my...
View ArticleThis just in from the Village Women’s Newswire: US Dollar shall collapse!
Editor’s Note: The rumor mill that Turkmenistanis depend upon for information, but which they also insightfully nickname the “Village Women’s Newswire” appears, to be going digital. NewEurasia’s...
View ArticleTurkmenistan’s benzene-based social contract gets “renegotiated” by authorities
Underneath Turkmenistan is abundant natural wealth, with more being discovered all the time. So, our government applies useful rules for the Turkmen people. Natural gas, electricity, and even some...
View ArticleMarble and sand
I want to share with you impressions of the many contrasts in Turkmenistan by citizen-journalists I know. Except for two from Flickr (but I’m reassured are under Creative Commons licensing), I publish...
View ArticleA letter to Western investors interested in Turkmenistan
Dear Western investor, You might have a Turkish colleague who is trying to convince you to invest in Turkmenistan, but should you believe him? The picture looks nice. Turkish firms ran 63 projects in...
View ArticleAnother letter to Western investors interested in Turkmenistan
Hello again Western investor, Perhaps my last letter was too harsh. Turkmenistan does need your money; all of our sectors are so poor — natural gas, textile, fishing, agriculture, water. Still, I have...
View ArticleHow many people in Turkmenistan are technically “stateless”?
NewEurasia received this communiqué, which makes us wonder how many people in Turkmenistan, who were members of other Soviet republics when the Union collapsed and got trapped inside the new Turkmen...
View ArticleWhat public “anti-corruption” dismissals are really about in Turkmenistan
I guess each country has its own rules and habits of fighting corruption. Here is the Turkmen style, keeping in mind that our country has some of the most widespread corruption in the world. In a...
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