Stephen M. Bland
Senior Editor and Head of Investigations at The Times of Central Asia. Journalist, Award-Winning Author, Travel Writer, Researcher and Editor specialising in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Turkmenistan Gallery
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Main Bazaar
Konye-Urgench- The ancient Nejameddin Kubra and Sultan Ali Mausoleums lean in as if to finally touch
Couples leave fertility offerings on Forty Mullahs Hill
Lady of the truck stop
Angry Abdullah and more ladies of the truck stop
The Gate to Hell
The Gate to Hell
Boy training in the ways of the shashlyk
Akhal Teke horse monument with golden (ex-) President Niyazov
A row of marble towers in Berzengi
Citizens dance for President Berdimuhamedow on a ubiquitous giant screen
The Presidential Palace and related buildings; highly illegal photographic fare
The Arch of Neutrality, its twelve metre tall golden Niyazov no longer rotates to face the sun
Niyazov's Holy Ruhnama Monument
Real world living quarters - Berzingi
The world’s tallest indoor Ferris wheel at the Alum Entertainment Centre. No foreigners allowed inside.
All images copyright Stephen M. Bland