Turkmenistan, a former Soviet state, welcomes very few foreign visitors a year and is centered around a strange capital, ...

Turkmenistan has long been considered one of the globe’s most isolated countries. New streamlined visa regulations are ...

The Gateway to Hell was one of the only tourist attractions in Turkmenistan, one of the most closed and repressive countries ...

A Soviet drilling accident, a never-ending inferno, and a government desperate to put it out. How did Turkmenistan’s burning crater become a fiery tourist attraction? Here’s the bizarre President ...

Before 1948, Ashgabat was just a small town in Soviet Turkmenistan in Central Asia. However, in the middle of the night, the city was rocked by a huge 7.3-magnitude earthquake, which flattened its ...

By Aigerim Turgunbaeva for Eurasianet An overly restrictive reproductive health framework in Turkmenistan is contributing to ...

The republic's Supreme Soviet had little choice other than to declare Turkmenistan's independence from the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Republic of Turkmenistan on October 27, 1991.

Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov, who created a vast cult of personality during two decades of iron-fisted rule overthe arid, energy-rich former Soviet republic, died Thursday. He was 66.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has earned another spot in the record books with the world’s largest Ferris wheel in an enclosed space. State newspaper Ne ...

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, left, presents a puppy to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of ...

Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader has proven he doesn't only win elections easily, finishing first in a car race he wasn't even supposed to take part in. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov ...