| April 24, 2008 | -
Turkmenistan returned to its old calendar, meaning that months will no longer be named for the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov, a.k.a. Turkmenbashi, his mother, a book he wrote, and the concept of neutrality; nor will the days be named for qualities such as youth, justice, spirit, and Turkmenness.
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BBC
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| February 14, 2007 | - A former dentist named Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, a close ally of deceased autocrat Saparmurat Niyazov, took office as Turkmenistan's new president.
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| September 7, 2005 | - Saparmurat Niyazov, President for Life of Turkmenistan, declared that a zoo for penguins would be built where the Kara Kum desert begins.
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Mail and Guardian Online
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| October 23, 2004 | - President Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan inaugurated a large new mosque in Kipchak, his birthplace; the marble walls of the mosque, which covers 190,000 square feet and holds up to 10,000 worshippers, are engraved with sayings from the Koran and from the Rukhnama, Niyazov's spiritual autobiography.
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Agence France-Presse
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| August 11, 2004 | - President Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan ordered the construction of a palace of ice.
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BBC
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| May 13, 2004 | -
Turkmenistan outlawed child labor.
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Reuters
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