On 10 August 2002, the government of Turkmenistan adopted a law to rename all the months and most of the days of the week. The names were chosen according...

Turkmen people, a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia 2002 renaming of Turkmen months and days of week...

personal eccentricities upon the country, such as renaming Turkmen months and days of the week to references of his autobiography the Ruhnama. He made it mandatory...

2002 renaming of Turkmen months and days of week List of leaders of Turkmenistan Prime Minister of Turkmenistan Basmachi movement Communist Party of Turkmenistan...

Motherland! Head of Turkmen!"). Niyazov renamed the days of the week after members of his family and wrote the new Turkmen national anthem/oath himself. Foreign...

constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR); it became independent after the dissolution of the Soviet Union...

Turkmen calendar, renamed in 2002 after the Turkmen government passed a law renaming all months and most days of week, a decision which was rescinded by his...

Ashgabat, also spelled Asgabat (/ˌɑːʃɡəˈbɑːt/ or /ˈɑːʃɡəbæt/; Turkmen: Aşgabat, [ɑʃɢɑˈbɑt]; Persian: عشق‌آباد, romanized: Ešqābād), formerly named Poltoratsk...

(born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Halk Maslahaty). He previously...

/ˌækəlˈtɛki/; from Turkmen Ahalteke, [axalˈteke]) is a Turkmen horse breed. They have a reputation for speed and endurance, intelligence, and a distinctive...