Turkmenistan’s president has stepped down from his post as leader of the ruling party ahead of a parliamentary election that for the first time will feature two competing parties.

The president of Turkmenistan today opened a cancer hospital by personally performing the first operation.

The president of Turkmenistan has banned a popular, mildly narcotic form of chewing tobacco, the state newspaper said today.

Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov has died, Turkmen state television reported today.

The President of Turkmenistan wants to re-name the month of January after himself.