Turkmenistan : profiles, foreign relations, and human rights /
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| Imprint: | New York : Novinka, c2013. |
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| Description: | ix, 66 p. : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Central Asia : economic and political issues Central Asia. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9276497 |
| Summary: | When Turkmenistan gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the former republic's president and head of the Turkmen Communist Party, Saparamurad Niyazov, retained power. According to several assessments, he was among the world's most authoritarian rulers, and his regime was highly corrupt and responsible for serious human rights abuses. Following the death of President Niyazov in December 2006, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow was elected president in early 2007. A new constitution approved in 2008 reaffirmed Turkmenistan as a "secular democracy" with a powerful president able to rule by decree. This book discusses profiles, foreign relations and human rights of the European country of Turkmenistan. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 66 p. : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781624170348 162417034X |
