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News Turkmenistan Culture: Turkmenistan Orders Cultural Performers To Lose Weight -- Or Their Jobs

Published on: Tuesday 26 August 2025
Turkmenistan Orders Cultural Performers To Lose Weight -- Or Their Jobs
News source: https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-dancers-actors-overweight-culture/33511014.html

Authorities in Turkmenistan’s Balkan region have ordered “overweight” actors, dancers, and everyone else who is employed in the culture sector to lose weight by September 27, the Independence Day. Officials have threatened that those who fail to get slim, will be “banished” from the sector.

News Turkmenistan Culture: Turkmenistan stages first opera after 19-year ban

Published on: Tuesday 19 November 2019
Turkmenistan stages first opera after 19-year ban
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/11/19/turkmenistan-stages-first-opera-after-19-year-ban/

Reclusive Turkmenistan staged its first foreign opera on Tuesday, nearly 19 years after the Central Asian country’s founding president banned the art form as “incompatible with Turkmen mentality”. The ...

News Turkmenistan Culture: Turkmenistan Culture Days held in Seoul — Korea Herald

Published on: Sunday 20 September 2026
Turkmenistan Culture Days held in Seoul — Korea Herald
News source: https://ua.news/en/culture/u-seuli-proishli-dni-kulturi-turkmenistanu-korea-herald

Turkmenistan Culture Days in Seoul featured traditional music, dance and crafts following the first Korea–Central Asia summit.

News Turkmenistan Culture: Kazakh Children Living Abroad Came to Nur-Sultan

Published on: Monday 15 July 2019
Kazakh Children Living Abroad Came to Nur-Sultan
News source: https://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/society/page_204232_kazakh-children-living-abroad-came-to-nursultan

Nearly 150 children aged between 12 and 17 arrived in Nur-Sultan from Russia, Iran, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan in order to learn more about their ancestral land. ...

News Turkmenistan Culture: Turkmenistan to organize cultural festival in Tehran

Published on: Friday 14 June 2019
Turkmenistan to organize cultural festival in Tehran
News source: http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/436972/Turkmenistan-to-organize-cultural-festival-in-Tehran

Turkmenistan Culture Minister Atagely Shamuradov is scheduled to attend an opening ceremony, which will be held at Vahdat Hall on Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) ...

News Turkmenistan Culture: Central Asia: A Treasure Trove

Published on: Monday 08 July 2019
Central Asia: A Treasure Trove
News source: https://nypost.com/dispatch/central-asia-a-treasure-trove/

Works originating in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan as well as photography ... Aron Aronov’s outstanding collection reflects the culture and output of the Bukharian Jewish community ...

News Turkmenistan Culture: What Are US Interests in Turkmenistan?

Published on: Monday 17 June 2019
What Are US Interests in Turkmenistan?
News source: https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/what-are-us-interests-in-turkmenistan/

but his appointment offers an opportunity to assess where U.S. interests in Turkmenistan lie. Dr. Victoria Clement is the Eurasia Regional Analyst at the Center for Advanced Operational Culture ...

News Turkmenistan Culture: Korea, Turkmenistan to boost ties in energy, infrastructure

Published on: Wednesday 17 April 2019
News source: http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/policies/view?articleId=170280

In addition, they announced stronger cooperation in education and culture, including the setup of a branch of King Sejong Institute in Turkmenistan. The country is the only one of the five Central ...

News Turkmenistan Culture: UAE- Turkmenistan looking forward to host Emirati Cultural Days

Published on: Monday 03 June 2019
News source: https://menafn.com/1098603788/UAE-Turkmenistan-looking-forward-to-host-Emirati-Cultural-Days

Turkmenistan is looking forward to host the Emirati Cultural Days again, said Bakhargul Abdyeva, Deputy Prime Minister who is also in charge of culture and mass media. She made her remarks during ...