On the last Sunday of April, Turkmenistan celebrates the Day of the Turkmen Horse, Akhal-Teke. The famous horse breed takes its name from a Turkmen tribe, the Teke. This year, the country is sending ...

“Look, Ahalteke horse, look your star has risen, and we believe that it will light your way and will neverdie [sic] out.” This rather garbled sample quote from Turkmen President Gurbanguly ...

Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan's president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly cantered on his jewel-adorned stallion before ...

(MENAFN- AzerNews) On August 22, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan, and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of ...

Today, Turkmenistan has determined the winners of the Akhal-Teke horse competition, as well as the competition of the work of carpet masters, jewelers, painters and sculptors, glorifying the beauty of ...

Two Akhal-Tekes, each worth 15 million yuan (US$2.3 million), appeared at a photography exhibition held in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, on April 29. The Akhal-Teke is thought to be one of the ...

Sacred Horses: The Memoirs of a Turkmen Cowboy – By Jonathan Maslow, Random House, $25, 334 pp. Jonathan Maslow is a New Jersey-based writer, naturalist and filmmaker who looks very funny dressed in ...

A Turkmenistan man performs with an Akhal-Teke Horse at a festival in China, May 12, 2014. (AP / Jason Lee) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, August 22. On August 22, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan, and Shavkat ...