The Truth About Turkmenbashi, The Happy Dictator (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary)

Name: The Truth About Turkmenbashi, The Happy Dictator (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary)
Uploaded: 2022
Duration: 48 min

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Deep in the heart of Central Asia lies one of the world’s most secretive countries – Turkmenistan. Run until recently by a crazy dictator whose megalomania spawned a personality cult to rival that of Chairman Mao, this unlikely desert republic has earned itself a grim reputation as ‘the North Korea of Central Asia’. But since no one is usually allowed in or out, the truth about Turkmenistan is impossible to separate from the rumours and the legends. Until now.

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