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Turkmenistan

Short excursion to Mary and Ashgabat in November 2004.
ancient Merv Citadel
ancient Merv Citadel		 Merv -- Citadel
Merv -- Citadel		 My colleagues Peggy and Jelena
My colleagues Peggy and Jelena		 old Merv city walls
old Merv city walls		 ancient city walls
ancient city walls
Sultan Sanjar mausoleum
Sultan Sanjar mausoleum		 Interior of mausoleum
Interior of mausoleum		 beautiful Mary
beautiful Mary		 Mary in morning light
Mary in morning light		 Ashgabat train station
Ashgabat train station
Monuments
Monuments		 The Presidential Palace
The Presidential Palace		 propaganda
propaganda		 Warrior Statue
Warrior Statue		 Turkmenbashy buildings
Turkmenbashy buildings
Turkmen bride
Turkmen bride		 Ashgabad- indoor market
Ashgabad- indoor market		 Oranges
Oranges		 Ashgabat - Sunday market
Ashgabat - Sunday market		 Sunday market
Sunday market
kids clothes
kids clothes		 more fabrics
more fabrics		 Coats
Coats		 View of carpet market
View of carpet market		 carpet sellers
carpet sellers
Silk dresses
Silk dresses		 fabrics
fabrics		 hat sellers
hat sellers		 candy and clothes
candy and clothes

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Guest 16-May-2014 07:23
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nader 09-Jan-2014 20:51
thank you for your beautiful photos.have you ever visited from Iran?
Guest 27-Feb-2013 16:42
those are realy cool pics i jaust wish you had the clothes they were
Guest 27-Feb-2013 16:41
those are realy cool pics i jaust wish you had the clothes they were
Muhammad Asif Iqbal 14-Jan-2013 18:23
Assalam 0 Alikum
I m from Pakistan, I like Turkmenistan, Same muslim culture & history, I love Mary City I have emotional affiliations with Mary City.
plz post more information about Turkmenistan.
Arzy 12-Jul-2012 12:50
I was looking for some nice pics of Turkmenistan for my presentation at da uni. I found this pics useful but will need more pics of other places. Thanks.

Arzy
Leigh 11-Jun-2012 05:09
I heart a turkmen guy who's living in my country. And I'm interested about his motherland. I love Turkmenistan. Thanks for the beautiful gallery. :) I really want to go there so bad. Anyone has some pics from Abadan?
Nik nik 08-May-2012 07:22
Good photos
lucyanderson123-Apr-2012 13:03
Hi there, can anyone from Turkmenistan help - i am looking for someone to read a poem by a Turmenistan poet to be broadcast on Radio Scotland as part of the Olympic celebrations. email me and i will phone you ... thanks lucy
Maksat 13-Apr-2012 20:08
hi my brothers! I'm also belong to turkmenistan. I love my country...you have never find the same country.
Maksat 13-Apr-2012 20:01
salam doganlarym
Guest 26-Mar-2012 17:22
i am living in LONDON, UK modern 3 years, and i ver missed my lovely, beautfil country :(((wanna come back 2 Turkmenistan....
Ayjemal 17-Dec-2011 13:35
PHOTOS IS SO AMAZING. I am so happy what I live in turkmenistan. I hope that turkmenistan will changed day by day.
Serdar 16-Dec-2011 22:24
Ý am so pleasure to see my country. I am very homesick now. How a pity thing to live far away from your hometown,isn't it?
syed ali sajjad naqvi 24-Nov-2011 08:45
photo are very good and give lot of knowledge about turkmanistan but i am sorry that not single single mosque shown in the photo gallary i being a muslim want to see some good photo of mosque of turkmanistam salam from my grate and very very beautiful country india khuda hafiz jai hind
Maysa 09-Nov-2011 12:20
i love Turkmenistan
Dam@i 11-Oct-2011 04:25
i love someone from Turkmenistan and i love all about his motherland;)i'd love to live there someday^^
Guest 07-Sep-2011 14:52
this is my motherland!!i love my Mary city****Mary never sleeps
Myrat 31-Aug-2011 21:00
Mary-my motherland. I love mary, ı love turkmenistan. Thanks for this gallery.
Diyar 20-Aug-2011 14:42
İ love my country. Thanks for gallery. İ hope U'll show more beautiful places in Türkmenistan.
Guest 24-May-2011 15:35
cool
angelica 02-May-2011 17:39
awesome
Wanted 15-Dec-2010 12:55
I love Mary!
Ahmed 02-Oct-2010 15:51
I am a prof. photographer from Turkmenistan and I could suggest my images for the reasonable price
azatatayev 16-Sep-2010 12:54
bende çok sevyorum marıyı oraları çok özledim
azatatayev 16-Sep-2010 12:43
bende çok sevyorum marıyı oraları çok özledim
Guest 16-Sep-2010 12:40
bende marda yaşadm ve büyüdüm şuanda istanbuldaym
Guest 08-Aug-2010 19:45
who wants to come to our country come welcome we are waiting in jygyllyk

regards
mamajan
Guest 17-Jul-2010 04:11
Thanks for this great fotos, i was really glad to see them. I'm also a tukrmen so I'm very proud with my country............... :)))))))))))))))
regina 27-May-2010 03:12
Beautiful culture,my mother from tedzen,i never been to tkm,i m living in uk,would like to go one day
regina 27-May-2010 03:11
Beautiful culture,my mother from tedzen,i never been to tkm,i m living in uk,would like to go one day
AMIN 11-Feb-2010 09:34
hi, I'm from IRAN - I like Turkmenistan - U & I from Old Iran...
I miss u...
JUMA 31-Jan-2010 08:49
My name is JUMA. I from Bayramaly town,it is very near the ancient MERV and I work as a tourist guide in ancint MERW.Is very old and interesting place.I am so glad that I work in MERW.
ARBAB 11-Nov-2009 11:55
HI I M FROM PAKISTAN PESHAWER I LIKE TRMEMANISTAN IS VERY GOOD PLACE AND BEAUTIFUL NATURE MY CONTACT NUMBERS 0092 03229093294 OR 0092 03149144344
Irina Grigoryants 07-Sep-2009 16:37
Thanks guys for pictures, I miss Mary city a lot, miss my family and home. So this pictures really made me happy
olka 19-Feb-2009 15:20
o.jestem.na.fotce.pozdrawiam.cala.rodzine.i.sznadere.
olka
Guest 16-Jan-2009 16:15
yeah it's beautiful and all but people are suffering from our government and unemployment. instead of building so many apartment complexes in ashgabat he was suppose to build factories for people to work in.

yesa
Guest 07-Jan-2009 00:38
very good. i miss my country
Guy from Turkmenistan 30-Oct-2008 15:21
Turkmenistan is beuatifull country, and if someone wants to visit it, take tickets and enjoy!
guest 23-Oct-2008 09:03
Mehrýban u saýd there are chýldrens who are not goýng at all to school ýn rural places u may be rýght but show me any country wýthout problems. I borned ýn Turkmenýstan and I lýke my cýty very much despýte ýts some problems, by týme ýt wýll develop lýke other countrýes be sure ýt won't stay as ýt now
azatatayev 04-Sep-2008 17:25
ya toje jývu v asgabate
Abdullatif 17-Apr-2008 09:15
i am as an Afghan Turkmen so proud of our old history. no diffirence we are out of Turkmenistan, we like our Islamic history there that once it was the center of islamic culture and knowledge. I got kick out of looking in this nice gallery, thanks
maliao 18-Mar-2008 06:19
Beautiful carpets, i have one of those.
bob 15-Feb-2008 19:32
cool
Ilhan 22-Jan-2008 22:22
I love looking at pictures from Turkmenistan, Kazakstan, Özbekistan and Azerbajdzan amongst others. I am a turk living in Sweden but I carry all turkish people across the world in my heart. I love you all very much. Thanks for sharing these pics it makes my roots stronger.
Guest 30-Sep-2007 07:24
thanks for the fotos
mojy 24-Sep-2007 12:54
I am mojy. I am very happy.
arslanjan_89 31-Aug-2007 04:00
If i wanna add some new nice photos what shoul i must 2 do???
tahir 05-Jul-2007 10:49
I am a uyghur people in china . uyghur natinal is blong turksh famili. I like all turkish people in my heart. wish your lucky and healthy my e- mail adders urhun2010@yahoo.com
tahir 05-Jul-2007 10:44
I am a uyghur people in china . uyghur natinal is blong turksh famili. I
tahir 05-Jul-2007 10:44
I am a uyghur people in china . uyghur natinal is blong turksh famili. I
Dimitriy 11-Jun-2007 20:36
I`m from Turkmenbashy (Krasnovodsk), but now I`m living in SPb (Saint-Peterburg).
Where the photo of Turkmenbashy. I wonna see them.
P. S. My EN is bad but the other six languages which I know not so.
Louise 24-May-2007 03:57
There is an excellent article in the May 28, 2007 issue of "The New Yorker" concerning Turmenistan under Turkenbashi's rule. It's written by Paul Theroux, one of our greatest travel writers and is a fascinating portrait of the people and the landscape. Your photographs are a lovely illustration of the world Theroux describes, especially Ashgabat and its market, Turkmenbashi's propaganda, Mary and Merv's ruins.

You might want to contact Theroux to find out if he would be interested in a collaborative work on Turkmenistan.
Guest 07-May-2007 11:51
An amazing place. I'd love to go there some day.
Sally 25-Apr-2007 22:10
I am doing a report on Turkmenistan and I think it sounds very interesting and I would like to go there some time!!!
Sally 25-Apr-2007 21:53
I am doing a report on Turkmenistan and I think it sounds very interesting and I would like to go there some time!!!
Bernard McAvoy 10-Feb-2007 22:42
Wondeful photographs.It is such a shame that they were taken by a Kraut
Govher 12-Jan-2007 18:24
Thanks for the pictures. I am happy to see people like you visiting my country and showing an interest in historical buildings and culture. I hope to visit my Motherland and family this year. And again big thank you for bringing precious memories back.
Guest 04-Jan-2007 12:29
I livi in Turkmenistan and I'am very happy that I live in aTurkmenistan.I was screamed, when I heared that our GREAT TURKMENBASHY died, I'AM so Sorry about this.
Guest 11-Oct-2006 12:18
I also agree with Mihriban.Turkmenistan ,our beloved country cannot be represented only with Ashgabat.Poverty is a reality in Turkmenistan..How on earth people can survive with a salary 50 USD? Aziza
Mehriban 31-Aug-2006 22:16
Next time when you are in Turkmenistan I recommend you to travel to the rural areas and you will see the grief, so your photos will not be fun! It is good that you have found happy looking people. Turkmenabad is my home town and you could see old looking children, who don't go to school at all or drop it after 3rd, 4th grades. You will see children who sell cotton oil to help their family or children who come to your house asking for plastic bottles to sell them.
Best wishes,
Guest 24-Jul-2006 04:22
ausom pics it is good as to see pics off asagabat i hope you get more
jeyhun 20-Jul-2006 07:26
ahhhh, ashagabat, how much i miss u beloved city
elena 26-Jun-2006 02:21
Thank you so much!!!
I was born there and have not been there for a long time!!!
That is phantastic photoes
Naila Miles 24-May-2006 22:26
Thank you! I was born and raised in Ashgabat, so it brings back memories, looking through your album.
Val! 24-May-2006 21:09
Very cool:) I hope it was enjoyable and exciting!
Guest 27-Apr-2006 21:11
Must have been a good trip. More photos fo Mary and Merv would be great.
Guest 05-Jan-2006 17:19
Thanks for showing us the remote area in Central Asia. I want to go there !
Juan Jose Sarasua27-Oct-2005 18:13
Very interesting gallery, I want to see more photos of Turkmenistan. Greetings from Spain
Guest 02-Oct-2005 00:30
For sure! I'm hoping to go to Turkmenistan myself one day. Keep the good photos coming,

Regards,
Marcus
Guest 04-Sep-2005 20:45
nice gallery! It is nice to see photos from such an under-represented area.
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