ASHGABAT -- The authorities in Turkmenistan's capital have temporarily restricted traffic in an effort to give its nearly 900,000 residents a two-week respite from the growing air-pollution ...

Ashgabat was founded in 1881 as a tribal village. Fast-forward to 1924 in the Soviet Union's early days and the region was soon swept under the control of Russia.Ashgabat was made the capital of ...

Child beggars have long been part of the social fabric in Ashgabat, where some families acknowledge that they depend on such income for survival. However, Ashgabat police have begun clearing the ...

For the past few years, the Christmas symbol has been installed in the central part of the capital of Turkmenistan on New Year's Eve, drawing more and more street kids, a sign of the contradiction ...

The new Ashgabat is all about grand buildings, wide avenues, parks, and gardens, which appear eerily devoid of human presence. The city is divided into two contrasting realms – the old town, a ...

Like many other mud homes in southern Ashgabat, Shirin-daiza's old house on "March 8" street was demolished two years ago. Government leaders decided in the mid-1990s to rebuild and renovate southern ...