ARKADAG, Turkmenistan (Reuters) - Turkmenistan opened a new, futuristic "smart" city on Thursday dedicated to its former president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. The city is named Arkadag, or protector, ...

FILE - In this handout photo released by Turkmenistan Presidential Press Service, Turkmenistan's President-elect Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 40-year old son of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly ...

Turkmenistan officially opened a multibillion-dollar city built from scratch on June 29. Arkadag is named in honor of the current president’s authoritarian father, who led the nation with an iron fist ...

The opening of Turkmenistan’s newest city, Arkadag, was performed with the requisite fanfare on June 29. As state media has tirelessly reminded the public, this roughly $5 billion-plus bauble is a ...

Turkmenistan's new city Arkadag, marketed as a smart city regulated by digital and green technologies, was launched amidst drastic internet speed reductions believed to be an attempt to limit ...

Astana in Kazakhstan was nominated as the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World in 2012, followed by Turkistan in Kazakhstan, which received the nomination in 2017. Anev City in Turkmenistan has been ...

The president of Turkmenistan on Thursday officially inaugurated a vast, multibillion-dollar development hailed as the country’s first “smart city” and named after the president’s father, who ...

The president of Turkmenistan on Thursday officially inaugurated a vast, multibillion-dollar development hailed as the country's first “smart city” and named after the president's father, who ...