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Part One: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared Himself Jesus

Behind the Bastards

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The History of Turkmen Vashi

Turkmen Vashi joined the non-aligned movement in 1995 and commemorated the event with a 170 foot tall neutrality arch. A few years later, after his heart surgery, he added another statue to the top of the neutrality arch. He renamed the official newspaper from Turkmenistan to neutral Turkmenistan. Also replaced the national anthem Turkmenistan with independentneutral Turkmenistan state anthem. I am ready to give life for our native hearth. The spirit of ancestors descendants are famous for my land is sacred. My flag flies in the world. A symbol of the great neutral country flies.

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