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Inside the idyllic but deserted ‘American’ suburb on the edge of Ashgabat

Inside the idyllic but deserted ‘American’ suburb on the edge of Ashgabat

Letter from Ashgabat: reclusive Turkmenistan reluctantly opens its doors to the world

Letter from Ashgabat: reclusive Turkmenistan reluctantly opens its doors to the world

From Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, this Insta account gives you a daily slice of life in Central Asia

From Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, this Insta account gives you a daily slice of life in Central Asia

Inside the idyllic but deserted ‘American’ suburb on the edge of Ashgabat

Inside the idyllic but deserted ‘American’ suburb on the edge of Ashgabat

Letter from Ashgabat: reclusive Turkmenistan reluctantly opens its doors to the world

Letter from Ashgabat: reclusive Turkmenistan reluctantly opens its doors to the world

From Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, this Insta account gives you a daily slice of life in Central Asia

From Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, this Insta account gives you a daily slice of life in Central Asia

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Ashgabat residents enjoy sober end to summer

Ashgabat residents enjoy sober end to summer

21 August 2017
Letter from Ashgabat: reclusive Turkmenistan reluctantly opens its doors to the world

Letter from Ashgabat: reclusive Turkmenistan reluctantly opens its doors to the world

17 October 2017
Inside the idyllic but deserted ‘American’ suburb on the edge of Ashgabat

Inside the idyllic but deserted ‘American’ suburb on the edge of Ashgabat

13 June 2019
Turkmenistan bans 'unlucky' black cars

Turkmenistan bans ‘unlucky’ black cars

3 January 2018
Stranger than fiction: sorting the real from the fake in the bizarre media world of Turkmenistan

Stranger than fiction: sorting the real from the fake in the bizarre media world of Turkmenistan

16 March 2018
Meet the Instagram fashionistas of Turkmenistan

Meet the Instagram fashionistas of Turkmenistan

11 August 2021
This London start-up is backing real Central Asian design

This London start-up is backing real Central Asian design

11 October 2018
Inside Awaza, Turkmenistan’s extravagant and empty tourist resort — in photos

Inside Awaza, Turkmenistan’s extravagant and empty tourist resort — in photos

7 September 2020
Whose palace? The opulence and intrigue of 4 mega-mansions

Whose palace? The opulence and intrigue of 4 mega-mansions

4 February 2021
Architecture gone wild: the 12 most insanely great contemporary buildings of the New East

Architecture gone wild: the 12 most insanely great contemporary buildings of the New East

2 November 2016
See Central Asia’s unique Soviet architecture in all its brutal glory

See Central Asia’s unique Soviet architecture in all its brutal glory

19 April 2019

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