Thread: Homeland SecurityFaces child sex charges

Originally Posted by TATY

Didn't he also make all women on TV have a certain hair style and also banned beards (which is a great idea).

"Indeed, there appears to be no facet of daily life too small or trivial for Mr Niyazov's ludicrous decrees. His latest order was for TV presenters to be banned from wearing make-up because, he said, he found it difficult to tell male and female presenters apart and wanted Turkmen women's beautiful "wheat-coloured" skin to be on show.

Long hair, beards and gold teeth have also been outlawed, and Mr Niyazov, who has compared himself to a deity, has stipulated what exactly it means to be "old". Childhood lasts until 13, he has decreed, adolescence until 25 and youth until 37. Old age, he insists, does not begin until 85."

WOW what a leader i did some research on this fellow and saw that he has a giant book in the middle of the capital which opens i think evrey 8pm and reads selected verses

cool but creepy

Originally Posted by patriot

WOW what a leader i did some research on this fellow and saw that he has a giant book in the middle of the capital which opens i think evrey 8pm and reads selected verses

cool but creepy

How is that ANYTHING but creepy?

Although many of my internal organs strike in protest when I say this, but I agree with "patriot"! It is kinda cool!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Although many of my internal organs strike in protest when I say this, but I agree with "patriot"! It is kinda cool!

You're constipated!?!

"In 2002, renaming bread from chorek, the traditional Turkmen word, to Gurbansoltan edzhe after his mother."

"banning lip syncing when performing songs"

"banning news readers from wearing make-up as Niyazov had difficulty telling male and female readers apart"

"All watches and clocks made must bear his portrait printed on the dial-face. A giant 15-meter (50 feet) tall gold-plated statue of himself stands on a rotating pedestal in Ashgabat, so it will always face into the sun and shine light onto the city"

Cool for us looking in... I wonder what the people think Do they vote for him or is he a rigger?

Originally Posted by basurero

Cool for us looking in... I wonder what the people think Do they vote for him or is he a rigger?

There are no elections. Although without much persuading announced there would be "full free elections in 2010".

He is the President for life though at the moment. Was in charge of the Turkmen SSR form 1985, then independant Turkenistan from 1991.