Turkmenistan is something of an enigma, often described as isolationist in the manner of North Korea. Yet the remote nation is emerging as a power of sorts.
Turkmenistan’s president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, left, and his son Serdar Berdymukhamedov, second right, in 2017. AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin, file
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