Turkmenistan Builds New $1.5 Billion City, Far Removed From Grinding Poverty
Published on: Sunday 25 December 2022
Turkmenistan has christened a newly built $1.5 billion city, Arkadag, in honor of ex-president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. It comes less than a year after Berdymukhammedov's son and successor, Serdar Berdymukhammedov, called for a "public discussion" to name the new capital of Akhal Province.
News source: https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-arkadag-potemkin-city-berdymukhammedov/32192689.html
