Turkmenistan unveiled the first monument to President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on May 25 - a gilded 6-meter-high statue of the leader on horseback perched on a white cliff, reflecting his flourishing personality cult in the reclusive gas-rich nation.
Reuters: Turkmenistan’s president cements personality cult with golden statue
Young Turkmen men and women take part in an opening ceremony of the first monument to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Ashgabat on May 25.
