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TURKMENISTAN. OUR PRESIDENT- Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov. ASHGABAT-the city of love. Statue of Neutrality President’s Palace. ASHGABAT.
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OUR PRESIDENT- Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov
Statue of Neutrality President’s Palace
Mausoleum of Sufi dynasty /14 cent/ TyurabekKhanym
The end of 14 century was fatal for Urgench : five times Timur conquered and destroyed it taking away scientists , doctors ,builders and other masters . In 1388 he gave the city to his troops for destruction and ordered , as Timur’s historiographer wrote , “to take the citizens to Samarkand and totally destroy the city of Urgench and sow it with barley”
In 2001 Turkmen carpet masters have weaved a giant carpet , with the area of 301sq.m and weight of 1,200kg. It is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest handmade carpet in the world.
Turkmen weddings are the mixture of native and European traditions.