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Part One: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared Himself Jesus

Behind the Bastards

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The Runama by Turkmen Bashi

In 2001, Turkmen Bashi embarked on the next great chapter of his career as a dictator and as a luminary. His opus, the runama, was built by him as the most important book since the Quran. Part history text, part guide to life, part religious book and all crazy. The book is partly fictional jumping between modern day and the middle ages.

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