For further readings and images about my Peace Corps experience, go to:

Online Journal Entries (Archived Yahoo Group Messages)

For opportunities to support ongoing development projects in Turkmenistan, go to:

Turkmenistan Youth and Civic Values Foundation

For information about Peace Corps in Turkmenistan, go to:

What Peace Corps is doing in Turkmenistan


Some interesting articles and online resources about Turkmenistan written during the past couple years:

Death of 'Turkmenbashi' raises questions for region (Marketwatch.com, December 21, 2006)
Turkmenistan’s ‘iron ruler’ dies (BBC.com, December 21, 2006)
Turkmenistan After Turkmenbashi (Eurasianet.org, December 23, 2006)
U.S. Courting a Somewhat Skittish Friend in Central Asia (NY Times, June 21, 2007)
Heroin Seizes Turkmenistan, a Nation Ill Equipped to Cope (NY Times, July 11, 2007)
Opera, circus bans in Turkmenistan ended (Yahoo News, January 20, 2008)
Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow's first term as President of Turkmenistan (Wikipedia.com)


Video of Berdimuhamedov's Speech at Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum on September 24, 2007:

Part 1 (youtube.com)
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7

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