New rules have been handed down to women working in Ashgabat further restricting what they can wear, adding to a growing list of "aesthetic" requirements in Turkmenistan.

A well-known Russian fashion designer is looking to Turkmenistan for inspiration. But few Turkmen women will be wearing the new designs.

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in traditional dress and riding a horse in 2018. IGOR SASIN/AFP/Getty Images ...

In Turkmenistan, the questions pertaining to women’s dress, appearance, and demeanor are fundamentally questions of purity and, oddly enough, of male honor.

Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.

Access to abortion for Turkmen people has been shortened to five weeks. There’s been silence from those who could have stood up for our rights ...

If she had known about the human rights record of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's government, the singer would not have performed, her publicist says. Turkmenistan's use of torture and political ...

Chef and author Gyulshat Esenova describes how the desert climate of her native Turkmenistan shaped traditional Turkmen food, such as lamb cutlet.

Traditional Turkmen carpet-making art in Turkmenistan relates to the production of traditional Turkmen carpets and carpet products – beautifully ornamented, hand-woven woollen textile products. The ...

Throughout the event, in addition to traditional Turkmen music performances and handicraft exhibitions, there will also be showcases of art, traditional clothing, Turkmenistan film screenings, and a ...

Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.