Turkmen rap songs are gaining speedy popularity among the Turkmen youth.  New rap websites are popping up left and right.
“Palestine”, a song about Palestinian children killed by Israeli security forces by Zumerchas of the rap …

Recently Turkmenistan has been shaken by social unrest, surprising many who see the country as an “island of calm”. neweurasia’s Annasoltan reports on the reaction of the growing Turkmen online community, a.k.a., the “Turkmenet”, which has been having a very public and intense discussion about the loyalties of their government.

Islam may be the world’s most digital religion, out-pacing its historic rival Christianity, as well as more recent competitors like secularism and free market capitalism, in the cybernetic marketplace of ideas. neweurasia’s Annasoltan examines Islam’s return to Turkmenistan from the viewpoint of its FaceBook user community.

It will be difficult for Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov to present himself as the hoped for reformer at this year’s annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Indeed, he does not hide his admiration of the model of Chinese one-party rule, a country with a liberal economy but politically tightly controlled. If reforms do in fact come, remarks neweurasia’s Annasoltan, they will likely not include any political or cultural freedom.

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With the support of the OSCE center in Ashgabat/ Turkmenistan, a domestic violence hotline has been launched. The new hotline will be run by the non-governmental organization Keik Okara and will be operational six …

As students around the world prepare for the academic year, those of Turkmenistan hoping to study abroad, particularly at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), have suddenly found themselves enemies of the state. neweurasia’s Orazdurdy has been covering the story as it develops. In this post Annasolta gives informed remarks about the situation.