1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2000: Turkmenistan - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9tQG5zPtK9"><a href="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-turkmenistan/">Attacks on the Press 2000: Turkmenistan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-turkmenistan/embed/#?secret=9tQG5zPtK9" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2000: Turkmenistan” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="9tQG5zPtK9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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APPOINTED PRESIDENT FOR LIFE IN DECEMBER 1999, Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov heads an increasingly authoritarian and isolationist regime. Niyazov, known as Turkmenbashi, or "father of all Turkmen people," ordered the burning of new history textbooks last year for not sufficiently emphasizing the Turkmen people's historic role in the development of Central Asia and Europe.https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260