Turkmenbashi's Reign of Terror

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  • Опубликовано: 20 май 2012
  • President for Life (2005): President Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan was the dictator famous in the West for his crazy decrees and bizarre personality cult. But for his people, there was nothing comical about his rule. Subscribe to Journeyman here: ruclips.net/user/subscription_c...
    In Ashgabat, capital of Turkemenistan, the sun always shine on Turkmenbashi. Literally. His statues rotate to face the sun. His image is everywhere -- from the vodka bottles to the national airline. He's even renamed the days of the week after his dead mother. "He's clearly a paranoid leader with very strange sorts of behavioural patterns," states political analyst David Lewis. "He is brutal and violent."
    Former foreign minister Avdy Kuliev agrees. "He's imprisoned many prominent people -- all of them subjected to tortures, horrendous tortures." Turkmenistan has one of the lowest life expectancy rates in region. Most of the people live in crushing poverty but an atmosphere of fear and intimidation prevents anyone speaking out.
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  • @rontoews5570
    @rontoews5570 4 года назад +150

    I crossed Turkmenistan in a tour bus in 2008. Ashgabat is certainly one of the oddest cities I have visited in a lifetime of travel. Niyazov died in 2006 and was replaced by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who has replaced the personality cult of Turkmenbashi with a personality cult of his own.

    • @exstazius
      @exstazius 2 года назад +2

      Do you still need a government "companion" to visit the country?

    • @shellydrelly
      @shellydrelly 2 года назад

      What things did you find most bizarre about the city? Did you get to get off the bus and explore the city at all? I wonder how quickly they replaced all the pictures everywhere to the new leader

  • @eaubert1
    @eaubert1 5 лет назад +322

    "Because, in fact, a violent overthrow of a regime is illegal in any society" …. "Iraq is obviously an exception to that rule" - Priceless!

    • @dennismartin5821
      @dennismartin5821 4 года назад +18

      Yes if there was only a hypocrisy meter, that we could just hook these scabs to.

    • @TonyNewJersey1
      @TonyNewJersey1 4 года назад +29

      The hypocrisy in that... How was the US founded? By nicely asking the British, French, Spanish and Indians to please leave?

    • @TheFikriez
      @TheFikriez 4 года назад +9

      Well look at what happened before and after in Iraq,Libya !!!which one is you like before or after??

    • @peteramarillo8952
      @peteramarillo8952 2 года назад +1

      Saddam killed millions of his own people. That's why it's the exception to the rule. amen

    • @eaubert1
      @eaubert1 2 года назад

      @Orbán Viktor Mihály .... Cholpon Ata is a place on lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan!

  • @spencer871
    @spencer871 5 лет назад +98

    "The bird of happiness can sit on the head of the whole Turkmen people" wow, move over Shakespeare we got a poet here!

    • @gandalfthegrey7934
      @gandalfthegrey7934 2 года назад +1

      😂

    • @onlimi616
      @onlimi616 2 года назад +8

      "The bird of happiness can sit on the head of the whole Turkmen people..." And it can deposit it's royal poop upon their shoulders and the back of their necks where it can be seen by all as a symbol of generosity from your leader.
      I think I could be a poet myself in that country!

    • @gregoryburridge726
      @gregoryburridge726 Год назад

      An unabashably biased title and report on a country that mimics the propaganda stratagies of most other countries at least without "applying make up". Finger pointing, rather than thought provoking.

  • @idiotic-db8ed
    @idiotic-db8ed 6 лет назад +208

    I'm always fascinated by the Central Asian countries.. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan. You just don't hear about them in the American media. Especially Turkmenistan, I didn't even know it existed until couple of years ago.

    • @Ruder6163
      @Ruder6163 3 года назад +28

      I live in the US and to be honest I think the reason we don’t hear about this nation is due to the US having diplomatic ties with them. It really contradicts the “save the people/world police “ bullshit that our media pushes. They’re no different from North Korea.

    • @phil4863
      @phil4863 2 года назад +24

      @@Ruder6163 exactly. It's like turkmenistan isn't as valuable or disobedient to USA as Syria or Afghanistan/Iraq is...so there's no need to humiliate/invade the country.

    • @saidmaz7876
      @saidmaz7876 2 года назад +8

      Afghanistan is also Central Asia

    • @frenchcat2910
      @frenchcat2910 2 года назад +5

      @@Ruder6163 Armchair geopolitics is so funny. Lol Turkmenistan declared its eternal neutral, meaning they're neither in the US, Russian, or Chinese orbits. If the US started missing with them its would open a new front with Russia and china. Both Russia And China see central Asia as there region of influence. Also China depends on Turkmenistans gas.

    • @Ruder6163
      @Ruder6163 2 года назад +3

      @@frenchcat2910 there are Americans military bases there

  • @kluge1245
    @kluge1245 Год назад +35

    This man was the inspiration for the joke about changing common words such as "positive" and "negative" in the movie The Dictator. The real life version changed days and months in the calendar.

  • @AndikaPutra11
    @AndikaPutra11 9 лет назад +694

    The Republic of Wadiya in real life.

    • @renlentlesstourist7574
      @renlentlesstourist7574 5 лет назад +28

      Hiv turkmenbashi

    • @karimkiseka6032
      @karimkiseka6032 5 лет назад +2

      dude! thats funny AF!

    • @poltronafrau
      @poltronafrau 5 лет назад +15

      ​@Jesse Brennan it's almost like you don't understand the meaning of words. "reign of terror" does not imply anyone has died.

    • @wickywoo1635
      @wickywoo1635 5 лет назад +6

      Would you the Al Amin news? Or Al Amin news?

    • @bryantalmary9921
      @bryantalmary9921 4 года назад

      LOL

  • @rocknrollmilitant
    @rocknrollmilitant 2 года назад +46

    You know, when Niyazov died, Kulyýew said "It is a great joy for all of us that he has freed the country from himself".
    Thug life.

  • @elchasai
    @elchasai 5 лет назад +122

    I'd like to see an update of Turkmenistan under Gurbanguly

    • @ivario
      @ivario 4 года назад +14

      Check Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - they did an excellent take.

    • @elchasai
      @elchasai 4 года назад +9

      @@ivario yeah ive seen that, it was good. love oliver wish he did more shows then once a week a few weeks out of the year.

    • @genevieveshapiro6192
      @genevieveshapiro6192 3 года назад +3

      supposedly there's a new religion there now. not islam. Turkmenbashyism.

    • @elchasai
      @elchasai 3 года назад +2

      @@genevieveshapiro6192 well there is certainly an abundance of idol worship there.

  • @Boulberhane
    @Boulberhane 9 лет назад +391

    Borat should have been set here instead of Kazakhstan.

    • @tally1604
      @tally1604 5 лет назад +86

      Sasha knew that Kazakhstan wouldn't physically harm him. He couldn't be so sure about Turkmenistan.

    • @SmegmaMale69
      @SmegmaMale69 4 года назад +27

      Kazakh government isn’t so different from this one believe me

    • @redwater4778
      @redwater4778 4 года назад +18

      All refugees should be sent there.

    • @legaciestr
      @legaciestr 4 года назад +14

      De Leonist kazakhstan is quite a lot freer than turkmenistan though.

    • @EyesonEnforcement911
      @EyesonEnforcement911 4 года назад +20

      @@tally1604 lol except Borat wasnt actually filmed in Kazakhstan bud. It was filmed in a Romanian Gypsy Village, but made it seem like it is Kazakhstan. So yes, he couldve made theovie in "Turkmenistan" if he really wanted to.

  • @ramansridharan4562
    @ramansridharan4562 10 лет назад +561

    I visited Turkmenistan not too long ago (2013). I didnt really see any opression of anyone, but then again rumor has it all the opposition has already been dealt with.
    The standout parts to me (outside of Darvaza) are the gorgeous marble buildings in their capital's downtown that are clearly empty, being built just for their beauty (or for the president). Their National museum was 1/3 dedicated to the president, with photoshopped pictures of him actually interacting with his people and doing various things like winning nascar-style races, riding horses, or playing sports. Poorly photoshopped photos, mind you.
    Crazy place to visit.

    • @basedsouljah
      @basedsouljah 7 лет назад +14

      Raman Sridharan He was dead by 2013 my man.

    • @rajabouzeid8801
      @rajabouzeid8801 5 лет назад +35

      @@basedsouljah the new personality cult is for the current president gurbanguly berdimukhammedov, just like his predecessor niyazov

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 5 лет назад +13

      Putin must be his puppeteer.

    • @PP-tuga
      @PP-tuga 5 лет назад +3

      You can't see in nort Korea as well...

    • @rimberse3405
      @rimberse3405 5 лет назад +44

      Well our streets are empty, because no one is allowed to leave their home when president passes through them with his escort. Even though they are going to pass only 5 hours after police locks all people in their homes. Of course you won't see opression of anyone, did you really expect to see such things in capital? Especially tourists aren't allowed to be in places, in which they don't want them to be. Yeah i agree on part with museum. I remember the day when we went with our school to museum, i was (12y.o.?) and i actually remember that whole point of exisiting it was just to show how president poses. Actually we have his portrait at work, home (not mine, no way), school, on cover of our books in school, notebooks, basically everywhere xD

  • @Jaris84R
    @Jaris84R 6 лет назад +416

    at least they have the cleanest prostitutes in the region

    • @cmlmonstar007
      @cmlmonstar007 5 лет назад +35

      Kazakhstan has those clean prostitutes 😒😒😒😒😒😒

    • @denpadolt9242
      @denpadolt9242 5 лет назад +20

      "Except for, *Turkmenistan*"

    • @omaralial-haire7386
      @omaralial-haire7386 5 лет назад +12

      Definitely not. There are high rates of HIV there. Use condoms.

    • @timur742
      @timur742 5 лет назад +28

      @@omaralial-haire7386 That's a quote from borat movie.

    • @Lexus3377
      @Lexus3377 5 лет назад

      lol

  • @hanifleylabi8071
    @hanifleylabi8071 5 лет назад +50

    Ashgabat isn't Arabic actually, it's from the Persian Eshghabad.

  • @jimmygt7020
    @jimmygt7020 7 лет назад +144

    22:45 SEIZURE TRIGGER WARNING FOR THOSE WITH EPILEPSY.

  • @trolllol5259
    @trolllol5259 9 лет назад +528

    North Korea of Central Asia

    • @moviejose3249
      @moviejose3249 5 лет назад +14

      Dont the Brits worship the Queen lol

    • @singhanmolpreet5935
      @singhanmolpreet5935 5 лет назад +9

      I was just about to type that and I saw your comment

    • @adrianp7475
      @adrianp7475 5 лет назад +15

      do you know the north korea of west asia ?? no? it is the islamofascist regime of erdogan's turkey

    • @treerat7631
      @treerat7631 5 лет назад +1

      Yep

    • @dejaporter7338
      @dejaporter7338 5 лет назад +1

      @@moviejose3249 exactly

  • @edwardflickinger949
    @edwardflickinger949 5 лет назад +38

    "A violent overthrow of a regime is illegal in any society" Look at the U.S record of overthrowing regimes.

    • @travelsofmunch1476
      @travelsofmunch1476 3 года назад +4

      2 in the last 20 years. Not great, not terrible

    • @Ruder6163
      @Ruder6163 3 года назад +6

      @@travelsofmunch1476 faaaaaarrrr more then that and if you want to consider failed attempts at toppling a government there are even more. Everyone is aware of Iraq and Afghanistan but the US also toppled Libya and Somalia. The US also had failed coups in Syria, Venezuela and Lebanon. This is all only in the last 2 decades and I’m probably missing some.

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 2 года назад

      Sick of figuring out people live many lies believing all history books

    • @CandyHatsuneWolff
      @CandyHatsuneWolff Год назад

      @@Ruder6163 The thing is, we Americans are taught that we've never lost a war. If it's especially embarrassing like Vietnam, they say it was a non-war military operation and sweep it under the rug. In that example, it lead to the vilification of the U.S. soldiers who were forced to fight there. For a country that claims to love our armed forces, we sometimes treat them like trash when they come home damaged in body or mind.

    • @Ruder6163
      @Ruder6163 Год назад

      @@CandyHatsuneWolff Trust me, I’m aware of all of this. I’m and American myself, first generation though. I feel like we children of immigrants have a different perspective though. But yeah, Americans are very easily talked into was.

  • @Ola_Uteligger
    @Ola_Uteligger 6 лет назад +97

    Thia is what happens if you let Eric Cartman run a country.

  • @kazakhseven
    @kazakhseven 10 лет назад +66

    No one is forever.

    • @t3327
      @t3327 9 лет назад +2

      sen kazakmisin? kal kalai bauirim?

    • @TicTacYo100
      @TicTacYo100 6 лет назад +3

      "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
      Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! "

    • @rimberse3405
      @rimberse3405 5 лет назад +6

      Unfortunately history shows that dictatorship is forever though, humans were always lead by leaders, pharaohs, kings, emperors, chancellors, presidents.

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 3 года назад +1

      Satans Kingdom Has Many Lies

    • @doggonoburritos4327
      @doggonoburritos4327 3 года назад

      @@rimberse3405 Presidents are different though you get elected by people most of those are monarchies

  • @kiskab9016
    @kiskab9016 5 лет назад +29

    Lived there 2 years, this is really hell there.

    • @UnstoppableEmpire
      @UnstoppableEmpire 2 года назад +2

      2 years only? That means you went to live there!

  • @fireice2037
    @fireice2037 8 лет назад +37

    If north korea had oil. We would be singing praises to them too.

    • @jcxkzhgco3050
      @jcxkzhgco3050 3 года назад +1

      If they had oil, US would’ve invaded

  • @Paciat
    @Paciat 8 лет назад +21

    4:41 What a clever set of words. She said that he controls history. Not the books, not the archives, but he is teacher.

  • @jacquesshellac2099
    @jacquesshellac2099 10 лет назад +108

    Wow. Niyazov managed to turn Turkmenistan into a Tropico LARP.

  • @swetshah92
    @swetshah92 9 лет назад +93

    We know so less about the outside world. I feel immense sympathy for people of Turkmenistan. I hope they get a leader who cares for the nation and delivers prosperity to the people. greetings from India.

    • @welcometolife4237
      @welcometolife4237 5 лет назад +1

      Swet Shah lol says the india who killed a moslem. anyway hoping that your wish is not a hypocrisy. 😡

    • @rimberse3405
      @rimberse3405 5 лет назад +6

      Aw, Indians as always very nice, glad to hear that, so thank you sir! :3

    • @UnstoppableEmpire
      @UnstoppableEmpire 2 года назад

      @@welcometolife4237 because every indian is an extremist right? Right?

    • @lovely7840
      @lovely7840 2 года назад +3

      You mean a leader who creates big, clean, modern cities and has a healthy, well-fed population, doesn't care for the people?
      And the leaders of India, whose population mostly lives in poverty, and has some of the dirtiest cities in the world (no offence but its true), with many people housed in slums, and lots of corruption, "care for the people"?
      Read Turkmenbashi's book "Ruhnama" (available on PDF), and see if you think he was really a selfish egomaniac.

    • @BelarusLukashenko
      @BelarusLukashenko Год назад

      @@lovely7840 I read his book recently and was surprised at his philosophy on life, history, and politics. Definitely worth reading before judging him

  • @HesseJamez
    @HesseJamez 8 лет назад +31

    Kim Yong Un will be jealous....

    • @sirazi11
      @sirazi11 4 года назад

      This place is a paradise compare to Saudi Arabia.

    • @mfsneko1905
      @mfsneko1905 4 года назад +1

      @@sirazi11 can you expelain why turkemensitan better than saudi?

    • @oubaydbady3632
      @oubaydbady3632 2 месяца назад

      @@sirazi11 Yeah, can you explain why ?
      Saudi Arabia may be a total monarchy, but Turkmenistan is still way worse that Saudi Arabia.

  • @ruslansultanov7909
    @ruslansultanov7909 3 года назад +16

    I'm originally from there and so glad moved to US. That place is hell

    • @peruano-quichwa---aymara8611
      @peruano-quichwa---aymara8611 3 года назад +1

      Given the US has good relations with Turkmenistan, it appears you have easier opportunities than North Koreans.

    • @phil4863
      @phil4863 3 года назад

      Was Soviet Turkmenistan better?

    • @noobsaibot7006
      @noobsaibot7006 3 года назад +2

      @@phil4863 it was bad not to mention the soviets barely invested in turkmenistan compared to other central asian countries

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 2 года назад

      how did you escape turkmenistan?

    • @mayankbariar2930
      @mayankbariar2930 17 дней назад

      How did u escape from there?

  • @AdstarAPAD
    @AdstarAPAD 9 лет назад +128

    Turkmenistan, just think North Korea with Oil.

    • @eltoro1768
      @eltoro1768 9 лет назад +14

      I am from Turkmenistan, you are very wrong my friend. Whenever I read about my country from outside observers it seems like I am being presented a completely different dramatic picture of pseudo country...is it because they want to inject a democracy pill to us or because they want to teach us how to live?

    • @AdstarAPAD
      @AdstarAPAD 9 лет назад +11

      El Toro
      Yes you do not want democracy. You have an absolute ruler who is almost worshipped as a God. And He had sometimes makes excentric laws.. So it is very much like North Korea.. But the differance is North Koreans live in poverty and sometimes suffer starvation. North Korea is a very poor country.Turkmen never have those problems and Turkmenistan is a rich country.. In this way they are very different.

    • @Puzzoozoo
      @Puzzoozoo 8 лет назад +5

      El Toro The moment that megalomaniac nut job dies those 'ministers' will be fighting each other like cats in a sack to fill the vacancy.

    • @samanodun6257
      @samanodun6257 8 лет назад +4

      +AdstarAPAD Turkmenbashy (means Head of Turkmens or Leader of Turkmens) died in 2006, so now Turkmenistan have democracy. People elects their leader. And no, Turkmenistan doesn't have much oil, but has 4rd largest Natural Gas reserves.

    • @AdstarAPAD
      @AdstarAPAD 8 лет назад +2

      saman odun
      Ok Sorry my mistake. Turkmenistan is like Noth Korea but with a lot of Natural Gas..

  • @liamdatu9060
    @liamdatu9060 10 лет назад +90

    Central Asian Countries are really beautiful. The people are gorgeous.

  • @geniusmaterial1685
    @geniusmaterial1685 7 лет назад +67

    I like how Turkmen are defending they country in the comment sections.

    • @rimberse3405
      @rimberse3405 5 лет назад +64

      *their**
      No one defends this shithole, trust me, since i am turkmen. Tbh you won't see any turkmen here, because:
      1. RUclips is blocked in Turkmenistan
      2. You can barely watch any video at 240p with turkmen internet connection
      3. They are too afraid to even express themselves here
      4. Language barrier, we hardly learn any English beyond basics at school

    • @cksskc412
      @cksskc412 5 лет назад +9

      @@rimberse3405 I bet the ones who defend it here are government employees, am I right?

    • @rimberse3405
      @rimberse3405 5 лет назад +20

      ​@@cksskc412 Kinda. They can be goverment employees and also brainwashed people, who really support dictatorship. However normal people don't have access to RUclips, since it's blocked in TM, so yeah it's rather goverment employees.

    • @awsomemodels
      @awsomemodels 5 лет назад

      @@rimberse3405 Come on you cant call your country a shitehole it doesnt have nearly as much problems as my country (Iraq ) at least turkmestan looks good even small cities still look decent enough so be thankful .

    • @joshua011094
      @joshua011094 4 года назад +3

      @@rimberse3405do you guys have any social media in Turkmenistan? Like Facebook or Instagram? I assume you don't live there anymore since you have a RUclips account. How did you leave the country? I've heard it's very difficult for turkmen to leave their country

  • @arturs2436
    @arturs2436 5 лет назад +14

    Niyazov died in 2006.I have read that his successor had the "Arch of Neutrality" removed from where it was and to replace it ordered the construction of "a 95-metre (312 ft) tall "Monument to Neutrality" which is located in the suburbs.[2] The president appointed Turkish construction firm Polimeks to carry out the demolition of the arch and the construction of the new monument.[4] The removal of Niyazov's golden statue was completed on 26 August 2010,[5] although it then became part of the new Monument to Neutrality. The statue no longer rotates."In essence he had the arch dismantled and (quasi) re-built(same height) outside the town with a slight different name.I have seen pictures,the appearances are just facially different to what is yet visible in this documentary.

  • @adamwalker6315
    @adamwalker6315 10 лет назад +23

    "His image is everywhere" Not anymore. Gurbanguly Berdihamedov's (I think that's his name) face is everywhere now.

    • @oubaydbady3632
      @oubaydbady3632 2 месяца назад

      And now, it’s Serdar Berdimukhammedow that is everywhere.

  • @jilldav3174
    @jilldav3174 9 лет назад +89

    Ashgabat when translated from the Persian means City of Love; nothing to do with "the Arabic" if the production company can get this basic factoid wrong- something easily checked- then what else has been misconstrued?

    • @ShervMidi
      @ShervMidi 5 лет назад +13

      Was thinking the same. Lost credibility right from the start. lol

    • @muqtadaabdulzahrah2643
      @muqtadaabdulzahrah2643 5 лет назад +9

      well to be honest -ishq a similar world also means love in arabic

    • @marmary5555
      @marmary5555 5 лет назад +5

      @@BlueSky-vd6qh the suffix _"abad"_ is fundamentally Persian. And BTW Southern Turkmenistan was and still is part of greater Iran, it's the ancestral homes of the Persians before they migrated to the Iranian plateau.

    • @geoh7777
      @geoh7777 5 лет назад +1

      Who said the media are interested in either disseminating truth or being correct?

    • @dehechenka
      @dehechenka 5 лет назад +1

      asghabad means long live love not city of love

  • @gaylespencer6188
    @gaylespencer6188 5 лет назад +18

    They call him the "Great Turkmenbashi" which judging from his growing size seems quite appropriate. I look at the statues and the big picture posters and the real guy, and there's a disconnect. But, shhhh, don't mention it to him; it might be your last comment.

  • @thelastoftheuyghurs9861
    @thelastoftheuyghurs9861 8 лет назад +102

    Turkmenistan is luckier than Uyghurstan...

    • @tento2945
      @tento2945 8 лет назад +6

      +The Last of the Uyghurs i agree with you

    • @spongebobsquarepants4137
      @spongebobsquarepants4137 5 лет назад +1

      how so?

    • @blackbird7048
      @blackbird7048 5 лет назад +20

      @Oğuzhan Moroğlu
      So they can build a brutal sunni caliphate like ISIL.
      If the Uyghurs want help from the world.
      They should share their territory with the minorities inside Xianjiang.
      Then, things can be moving to the right direction.

    • @Beautiful-live
      @Beautiful-live 5 лет назад +1

      Li Feng Bravo 🇯🇵 Japan,they had very super slogan about you👍🏻

    • @nanismeelasla
      @nanismeelasla 5 лет назад +1

      I hope Ughyrstan dosent go the way of Dzungaria

  • @MochiMegan
    @MochiMegan 10 лет назад +182

    Beautiful architecture.

    • @Roxidius
      @Roxidius 10 лет назад +15

      Blood diamonds are beautiful too

    • @KlysmaTV
      @KlysmaTV 10 лет назад +19

      looks like arab disneyland.

    • @OwNLaM
      @OwNLaM 10 лет назад +32

      many of the buildings are simply shells clad in white marble. As above, its more like disneyland than a city.
      10mins drive outside the city is nothing but desert, rock and poverty.

    • @r.v.b.4153
      @r.v.b.4153 10 лет назад +4

      Robert Kraamwinkel Well. It's actually not Arabic. It's Turkish. But maybe it looks like Arab disneyland. I don't know;).

    • @Roxidius
      @Roxidius 10 лет назад +18

      Rex Brandsma
      It's not Turkish. It's Turkmen. u could call it Turkic. Anatolian Turks (whom u know as Turks of Turkey) and Turkmens are from the same branch of the Turkic tribes: the Oghuz branch ;)
      so we are kinda the same, but a bit different :)

  • @bigcheemo
    @bigcheemo 9 лет назад +70

    Ashqabad, is not arabic for city of love, it is city of love in persian.
    "ishq" is love , and "abad" is abode, in Persian

    • @johanhandelear3535
      @johanhandelear3535 5 лет назад +8

      Omar Cheema persian have arabic grammar

    • @amirsabbaghi209
      @amirsabbaghi209 4 года назад +15

      @@johanhandelear3535 i'm persian and hell no

    • @ChristianJiang
      @ChristianJiang 4 года назад +4

      amir sabbaghi I can’t believe Johan’s comment has got more likes than yours, wtf

    • @1985persian
      @1985persian 3 года назад

      @@ChristianJiang such nonesense reanson!😃 i confirm amir's coment and you can check it on google!

    • @ChristianJiang
      @ChristianJiang 3 года назад +1

      @@1985persian I obviously know that Persian doesn’t have Arabic grammar lol. The two languages are completely unrelated.

  • @tobi___
    @tobi___ 7 лет назад +148

    Perfect country for the next Olympic Games or a worldcup :(

    • @thomas3012
      @thomas3012 5 лет назад +6

      Better than Qatar

    • @michaelahern9883
      @michaelahern9883 5 лет назад +10

      Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.....fifa would be interested if the money was right...

    • @daraka1754
      @daraka1754 4 года назад

      I agree

    • @daraka1754
      @daraka1754 4 года назад +2

      @@thomas3012 qatar is not bad choice, actually

    • @TCFan30
      @TCFan30 4 года назад

      Except every town that hosts an Olympics gets trashed. Fuck the Olympics!

  • @ernststavroblofeld1961
    @ernststavroblofeld1961 8 лет назад +222

    I quite like Turkmenbashi's "Reign of Terror".
    Looks much better than Iraq today.

    • @tapiwakay
      @tapiwakay 8 лет назад +44

      Maybe because it wasn't occupied by America?

    • @chileanhussar2659
      @chileanhussar2659 8 лет назад +17

      +tapiwakay No, Turkmenistan is backed by Russia, and the Americans don't care on it.

    • @ibokul837
      @ibokul837 8 лет назад +3

      +Slavic Chilean from Latin America That's True ...We have got agreement with Russia for the Oil and gas...tHEY BUY FROM US CHEAPEST PRİCE AND THEY SELL İT TO EUROPE FOR 3 TİMES PRİCE

    • @chileanhussar2659
      @chileanhussar2659 8 лет назад +1

      Ibo Kul What if Americans backed your country?

    • @ibokul837
      @ibokul837 8 лет назад +3

      +Slavic Chilean from Latin America You are from latin America, right? It's hard to say if American goverment backed us will be better than Russian back today? Cos American goverment's policy is exploit weak countries natural wealths like oil and gas, and make that country slaves to them you can see the results nowadays in Iraq and Afganistan!!!

  • @Ainttnoway
    @Ainttnoway 9 лет назад +148

    north koreamenstan

    • @faro8784
      @faro8784 5 лет назад +2

      Darko lol

    • @dragonwarrior5752
      @dragonwarrior5752 5 лет назад +1

      Lol and who North koreamenistan's china? (ally)

    • @ayushacharya972
      @ayushacharya972 5 лет назад +2

      @@dragonwarrior5752
      The Russian Federation
      The United States of America, and
      People's Republic of China
      All are okay with Turkmenistan to get oil and gas from them.

    • @tylerbozinovski4624
      @tylerbozinovski4624 4 года назад +1

      @@ayushacharya972 India too, with their whole India-Central Asia Economic Forum thing.

    • @daraka1754
      @daraka1754 4 года назад

      No. Turkmenistan is more rich and have natural gas

  • @Helvett222
    @Helvett222 9 лет назад +27

    2015 World Press Freedom Index : Turkmenistan rank 178 /180 countries (reporters without borders for freedom of information ).

    • @sirazi11
      @sirazi11 4 года назад

      This place is a paradise compare to Saudi Arabia.

    • @grammarnazi8191
      @grammarnazi8191 4 года назад

      M & S Sharif stop it they make you think it’s paradise and you fell into their trap

    • @Ruder6163
      @Ruder6163 3 года назад +1

      @@sirazi11 Saudis are able to at least leave their country. If a state revokes you’re right to travel that trumps everything for me. That is slavery.

  • @RunwayIsAwesome
    @RunwayIsAwesome 6 лет назад +17

    Turkmenbashi is the real-life General Aladeen! AM I RIGHT?

  • @jondeare
    @jondeare 5 лет назад +10

    He had white hair and then it turned black. Thank god! He's young again!

  • @nirmalthomas
    @nirmalthomas 5 лет назад +40

    This clearly shows the impact media has on our lives. Main stream media has never once said anything about this regime or dictator. On the other hand most of the world knows N Korea and its leader. If UN and other organizations are really bothered about human right violation then it has to apply to the entire world.

    • @lovely7840
      @lovely7840 2 года назад +1

      It's very questionable if Turkmenbashi was as bad as they say. First they'd have to give some proof.

    • @badwolf7367
      @badwolf7367 2 года назад

      The UN bothered by human rightS violation? The UN is nothing more than another version of the League of Nations only less honest.

    • @Hideyoshi1991
      @Hideyoshi1991 Год назад

      North Korea has nukes, so it's scarier.

    • @mccarthy155
      @mccarthy155 Год назад +1

      My friend, you could have looked it up.

    • @wbbartlett
      @wbbartlett 6 месяцев назад

      Isn't this a failing on your part rather than any media outlets? There are plenty of ways to find info if curious or inquisitive enough.

  • @linyuan9096
    @linyuan9096 7 лет назад +9

    It's great to have some documentries on countries that not everyone know about.

  • @genericinternetmale14
    @genericinternetmale14 5 лет назад +11

    "He is the magic crystal"

  • @dateddelvings1695
    @dateddelvings1695 8 лет назад +13

    This documentary has cool background music. Does anybody know what the music is at 0:19, 6:13, 8:51, and 19:56?

    • @MortonHD
      @MortonHD 3 года назад

      I am curious too.

    • @ufsteropolstero6014
      @ufsteropolstero6014 2 года назад

      6:13 is a melody from a song from turkish singer Edip Akbayram, called Hava Nasil Oralarda.

  • @lamisuegra
    @lamisuegra 10 лет назад +54

    The American ambassador needs to wipe the oil out of the corners of her mouth. Even she had a hard time keeping a straight face when attempting to explain the reasons why the US is willing to "overlook" the Turkmen government's attrocities. I think Washington would be willing to even give Pyongyang a bear-hug and a French kiss if they were sure to get some oil and gas out of the deal

    • @treerat7631
      @treerat7631 5 лет назад +4

      Every coutary looks the other way when it us in it own interest. Not just the United States

    • @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un
      @Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un 5 лет назад

      *YOU SOUND SO SALTY!!!* 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

    • @ayushacharya972
      @ayushacharya972 5 лет назад +3

      @soflo23 You already hold on to nextdoor Afghanistan. "Taking their oil" should be easy, right? 😂

  • @UNUSUALUSERNAME220
    @UNUSUALUSERNAME220 5 лет назад +9

    Wow! What a humble, down to Earth kinda guy!

  • @singhanmolpreet5935
    @singhanmolpreet5935 5 лет назад +16

    This is just like north korea. These dictatorships all have one thing in common- their populations are not very educated. If they were, they would never let such a person rule over them. The same reason despots and monarchs have ruled for so many centuries.

    • @rimberse3405
      @rimberse3405 5 лет назад +3

      You can't blame them for not being educated, we don't have an education, we waste 75% of our time visiting the parades which president organizes, instead of studying at schools(be it math, literature or mechanical enginering). And no it is not voluntary, we are obliged to attend them.

    • @singhanmolpreet5935
      @singhanmolpreet5935 5 лет назад +1

      @@rimberse3405 im sorry to hear that. I know it is very easy to type away on this screen and giving my insignificant opinion to you, and very, very hard to actually be experiencing that. But unfortunately that is the truth. We have a very bad government in India as well currently, but how are they ruling? Because 30% of India cant even read or write! To be able to make the right decisions, we need to be educated. Otherwise we have to let others decide for us. Its just how the world works, unfortunately...

    • @rimberse3405
      @rimberse3405 5 лет назад +2

      @@singhanmolpreet5935 No need to be sorry, i don't expect you to know everything about my country, glad to share some light. Indians are most kind people i've encountered in my life. I know India also has it's own problems with jobs, poverty. But from what i've read India is really democratic country.

  • @ChristianJiang
    @ChristianJiang 4 года назад +18

    I went to Turkmenistan in 2019. Beautiful country, very underrated

    • @PurpleBroadcast
      @PurpleBroadcast 9 месяцев назад

      Its impossible to find an ugly country

  • @RevolutionarySM
    @RevolutionarySM 9 лет назад +83

    This Central Asian North Korea is indeed supported by the USA, which few people know. Turkmenistan is yet another proof of how stalinism failed. Turkmenistan's leader used to be leader of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan, but he simply changed the name and ideology of his party after 1991. The Turkmen Socialist Soviet Republic became the Republic of Turkmenistan and the Communist Party of Turkmenistan is now called the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. Ironic because both parties were neither communist nor democratic!

    • @Kaergaard
      @Kaergaard 5 лет назад +14

      Its funny how socialist never know much about politics.
      Turkmenistan is supported by Russia, China and partly Turkey.
      They have little to no import/export to the US.
      Another failed socialist state. Congrats.

    • @mustangjane1610
      @mustangjane1610 5 лет назад +12

      America, the scapegoat of the world's problems.

    • @treerat7631
      @treerat7631 5 лет назад +2

      @@Kaergaard China and turkey support we don't have much too do with them

    • @treerat7631
      @treerat7631 5 лет назад +1

      Wrong turkey, and China not the us

    • @icemachine79
      @icemachine79 5 лет назад +3

      This is the reason nobody trusts socialists. Not even other socialists which is why you always end up trying to "purge" each other.

  • @aliens6681
    @aliens6681 8 лет назад +15

    DICTATOR
    DICTATOR
    DICTATOR
    DICTATOR
    DICTATOR
    BEDNIE LIUDI
    Бе́дные лю́ди
    Бе́дные лю́ди

  • @redjirachi1
    @redjirachi1 Год назад +2

    Turkmenbasi's ego is the equivalent to a zeppelin; enormous, yet empty

  • @mangomerkel2005
    @mangomerkel2005 Месяц назад +1

    And imagine now that we still, after more than 20 years, don't know if Şyhmyradow is alive...

  • @heftarc3290
    @heftarc3290 6 лет назад +58

    no make ups, i call that progressive.

    • @blue_seabreeze1016
      @blue_seabreeze1016 5 лет назад +3

      So true

    • @labeledblack7
      @labeledblack7 5 лет назад +3

      That's one part of the deal. The other part is: wearing make up was (not sure if it still is since the guy's dead) punishable by death.

    • @YaoEspirito
      @YaoEspirito 3 года назад +1

      And they look so fine.

  • @weirdshibainu
    @weirdshibainu 5 лет назад +4

    Wouldn't want to live there, but for some reason, I have a morbid curiosity about these types of nation/cults.

  • @witnesshowimgood
    @witnesshowimgood 4 месяца назад +1

    My ancestors on father's side are from Turkmenistan and it's sad to see how this country faced with a dictatorship of two arrogant people. I hope Turkmenistan gain his freedom and i can visit the homeland of my ancestors.

  • @PBRStreetgang
    @PBRStreetgang 7 лет назад +9

    People interested in the cult of personality and who are researching repressive nations are quick to look at North Korea, completely overlooking Turkmenbashi and his clamp-down of Turkmenistan. This remains the best documentary made so far; thanks Journeyman Pictures.

  • @Joe-po9xn
    @Joe-po9xn 5 лет назад +5

    That awkward moment when your country is so brutally repressive that Russia seems like a step up.

  • @johnmarkraddatz
    @johnmarkraddatz 10 лет назад +19

    This is like the DPRK.

    • @t3327
      @t3327 9 лет назад +2

      CaptainCool07 chinkland are 100% fashist dictatorship

  • @dsnodgrass4843
    @dsnodgrass4843 8 лет назад

    This piece got you my subscription. One minor question. What was that beautiful choral song at 14:00? It was so lovely I couldn't concentrate on what was being said.

    • @nicolek4076
      @nicolek4076 8 лет назад

      +D Snodgrass It is indeed beautiful. I cannot tell you exactly what it's called, but it is part of the Russian Orthodox liturgy

    • @macoute21
      @macoute21 4 года назад

      I also wanted to know

    • @Berkham1995
      @Berkham1995 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/WKfdkISutFU/видео.html

  • @mastercheif878
    @mastercheif878 5 лет назад +2

    Oil? There’s oil? Think this place definitely needs some freedom

  • @TheAkaboyboy
    @TheAkaboyboy 9 лет назад +36

    This is pretty frightening... its so sad to see how brainwashed some people can be.

    • @S4NY4RKuRDBoZZ
      @S4NY4RKuRDBoZZ 8 лет назад +1

      +Kristapor Aintabtsi Just come to Iraq and look what Turkmens do.

    • @emperoruzbekistan561
      @emperoruzbekistan561 8 лет назад +2

      +Kristapor Aintabtsi Do you wanna know something about Turkmenistan? Do you ever go to Turkmenistan? Or you just think "North Korea"?

    • @TheAkaboyboy
      @TheAkaboyboy 8 лет назад +1

      Emperor UZBEKISTAN I know enough, thanks.

    • @chileanhussar2659
      @chileanhussar2659 8 лет назад

      +Emperor UZBEKISTAN northmenistan for sure

    • @S4NY4RKuRDBoZZ
      @S4NY4RKuRDBoZZ 8 лет назад +1

      Kristapor Aintabtsi We in Iraqi Kurdistan have a lot of problems with this Cry Babies and their ASSyrian Friends.

  • @montengro234
    @montengro234 5 лет назад +9

    7:34 scary

  • @Thecollectingman42
    @Thecollectingman42 7 лет назад +1

    Anyone know the name of the music around 14:20?

  • @Charliecomet82
    @Charliecomet82 5 лет назад +4

    "I set it to 'Turkmenbashi' instead of 'Turkmenbashi!'"

  • @zenaidebuonaparte3882
    @zenaidebuonaparte3882 5 лет назад +6

    I'm jealous. I wish I could be the Queen of my own realm and build Golden statues of myself. I wouldnt oppress my ppl though...everyone would have access to what they need and a high standard of living. Ahh tis the dream...

  • @jem.b628
    @jem.b628 4 года назад +12

    "Whoever our beloved state was or is being reigned by, thanks to them our lord has given us this gold epoch with their hands, We're happy with them, regardless what others might talk" "Öňe diňe öňe jan watanym Türkmenistan..."

    • @hansdov5004
      @hansdov5004 Год назад

      🤦‍♂️ shey diy, gozini ach käwagt

  • @maheshprabhu2567
    @maheshprabhu2567 3 года назад +2

    The way they praise him while keeping a straight face.... need that level of self control in life..

  • @lee-wy9th
    @lee-wy9th 3 года назад +1

    This is so badass it's disgusting!
    Was this filmed on location? (Mars)

  • @Dinhaya
    @Dinhaya 9 лет назад +6

    I think some countries are better to be rule by dictatorship. Iraq under Saddam Hussein were a peaceful country, Libya under Gadafi were much safer. What do u expect?

    • @declannewton2556
      @declannewton2556 7 лет назад +1

      All countries are better to ruled as a dictatorship, democracy leads to anarchy and poverty.

  • @jcvilla75
    @jcvilla75 8 лет назад +5

    I wonder if they know how hard we laugh at this. It's sad.
    Great journalism by the way.

  • @Tomytoism
    @Tomytoism Год назад +2

    I mean yeah it's silly and everyone knows what is going on, but you gotta understand the western type of lifestyle not gonna work everywhere in the world. Turkmenistan has stability and it's what makes them live another day. I would really hate to see west bringing "democracy" there, it would be Iraq 2.0 where after Saddam was overthrown everything went from bad to horrible.
    Let them live

  • @DeVolksrepubliek
    @DeVolksrepubliek 3 года назад

    What is the music called that starts at 6:13?

  • @kristianbrandt3012
    @kristianbrandt3012 5 лет назад +7

    Well he was obviously mental.

  • @by.aali.g
    @by.aali.g 5 лет назад +17

    If been in Turkmenistan recently, not really bad. Country with nice landscape and their people also friendly and beautiful.

    • @shellydrelly
      @shellydrelly 2 года назад

      Were there pictures of the new leader plastered everywhere?

    • @by.aali.g
      @by.aali.g 2 года назад

      @@shellydrelly I would say yes. Lots of pictures of their new leader. Even their domestic flights also got pictures of their leader hanged in the cabin. If you got the front seat, it might be an uncomfortable journey.haha 😅

    • @thomast7748
      @thomast7748 9 месяцев назад

      Yes, beautiful, specially the president, the most handsome man in the world.

  • @bluecalu7944
    @bluecalu7944 Год назад +1

    Must be a beautiful country.
    No porn movies.
    Less crime.
    No female strippers.
    No half naked walking.
    Descent country.

  • @UCSPanther20
    @UCSPanther20 9 лет назад

    Why oh why does Rob Conway's theme song "Just look at me" seems so fitting here...

  • @MilDarkAngel
    @MilDarkAngel 8 лет назад +3

    This is so creepy!! What's wrong with all this people that gets in the power and never wants to leave??! They think they are gods and perfect...they are just humans!!

  • @merlangga8224
    @merlangga8224 7 лет назад +16

    beautiful country

  • @WhiteNoize01
    @WhiteNoize01 5 лет назад

    Does anyone know the name of the music used in this video?

  • @DArceVaderBJJAimanZinbi
    @DArceVaderBJJAimanZinbi 5 лет назад +1

    I'm sorry to be that guy but Ashgabad is not entirely arabic but farsi, -abad being a farsi suffix for many cities in central or south asia (Islamabad, Ahmedabad, Jalalabad etc.). "Ashgh" or "Eshgh" on the other hand, which means love in farsi, is indeed originally derived from the arabic word " 'ishq" which indeed means love.

  • @zambimaru
    @zambimaru 10 лет назад +15

    Sapamurat is pretty much a replica of Kim Il Sung and Turkmenistan a replica of North Korea.

    • @RenzottiOficial
      @RenzottiOficial 10 лет назад +4

      Believe me, North Korea is just a joke beside this crazy man

  • @stormworks4882
    @stormworks4882 4 года назад +6

    19:36 wow Mr and Mrs Bush standing with Putin. i had to do a double take, i never expected a US president at a Russian military parade. i know it was to celebrate WW2 victory but still

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 2 года назад

      Nope they are all connected freemasons that control this world
      they control everything here on earth through their secret societies that worship Lucifer as their god

  • @rgaud8
    @rgaud8 7 лет назад +1

    What an oddly interesting place. I wouldn't mind visiting it.

  • @skogstjuven2098
    @skogstjuven2098 5 лет назад +2

    Meanwhile, in the Hall-of-Justice!

  • @vegassims7
    @vegassims7 9 лет назад +14

    I hope he enjoyed himself on earth, because I doubt there is room enough for himself and God in heaven.

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 3 года назад +1

      A Puppet Of Satan
      Make His Peoples Life Miserable Then Going To Hell
      The World Is Satans Playground

    • @phil4863
      @phil4863 3 года назад

      Spirit of pride( Lucifer's main sin)

    • @paulohagan3309
      @paulohagan3309 2 года назад

      If he was paranoid, it's likely he didn't have much happiness with all his wealth and power. This kind of person craves power and wealth and so takes over many countries in the world, unfortunately. But it's a kind of sickness.
      So after all the effort to make themselves big and ruining a country and its people, these pieces of work don't even enjoy the power they attain. Stalin was known to be paranoid and no doubt the same is true of the Kims in North Korea. It's truly a tragic situation all round.

  • @catiline1
    @catiline1 9 лет назад +5

    north korea is that you?

  • @AmeliaChester-ml5ej
    @AmeliaChester-ml5ej 8 месяцев назад +2

    North Korea is crying right now.

  • @gwinnet3142
    @gwinnet3142 4 года назад

    Thanks 🙏 for interesting video

  • @guneslawguneslaw
    @guneslawguneslaw 5 лет назад +10

    Turkish-islamic version of North Korea!

  • @Bear-Cohiba-1966
    @Bear-Cohiba-1966 8 лет назад +12

    Good lord look at the gold

  • @1425363878
    @1425363878 5 лет назад +2

    He had me at banning makeup on television.

  • @gordonferrar7782
    @gordonferrar7782 5 лет назад +1

    I love you dear leader for helping to distract us from how things really are

  • @misszee007
    @misszee007 6 лет назад +12

    What a beautiful mixture of features they have ♥️♥️especially the women, very beautiful

  • @arte0021
    @arte0021 5 лет назад +12

    But isnt this considered idolatry in islam? Arent they all technically infidels?

    • @Ark_x
      @Ark_x 5 лет назад +2

      Pretty much.

    • @Reemalarawi
      @Reemalarawi 3 года назад

      no

    • @chrishenniker5944
      @chrishenniker5944 Год назад

      The Turkmen people could practice a form of folk Islam, for all I know, but technically speaking, yes.

  • @hairypotter.
    @hairypotter. 4 года назад

    wow my dad had that camera at 1:59 in the video , now i have it as a reminder of those good old days !

  • @JustArtsCreations
    @JustArtsCreations 7 лет назад

    that girl they interviewed in the blue looked like she was going to have a panic attack.

  • @imgonewiththewindfab
    @imgonewiththewindfab 4 года назад +3

    His loyal dentist is now the 2nd president.. a funnier version of the first

  • @johnnykibs
    @johnnykibs 4 года назад +3

    This is what happens when you got money and OCD

  • @maxasaurus3008
    @maxasaurus3008 11 месяцев назад +1

    You guys mentioned that he banned dogs as pets right? NO DOGS WTF!

  • @toughtittypdiddy4634
    @toughtittypdiddy4634 4 года назад

    Was he the guy who got into this weird handshake of dominance contest with another world leader?