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The bizarre dictatorship of Turkmenistan's President
36:56 - 39:46 (02:50)
The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, made a strange decision to ban movies in the country but replaced them with a single enormous puppet theater in the capital, after claiming that foreign movies would make people not like the way they talk in Turkmenistan.
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The former leader of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, shut down movie theaters and replaced them with a puppet theater, claiming that foreign movies would ruin the country's language.
36:56 - 37:59 (01:03)
Summary
The former leader of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, shut down movie theaters and replaced them with a puppet theater, claiming that foreign movies would ruin the country's language. This move, along with other bizarre decisions, makes it seem like he was intentionally trolling his own country.
ChapterThe bizarre dictatorship of Turkmenistan's President
EpisodePart One: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared Himself Jesus
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This episode discusses the eccentric and subversive actions of Turkmenistan's former dictator, which included banning movies and replacing them with puppet shows, as well as writing his own propaganda book.
37:59 - 39:02 (01:03)
Summary
This episode discusses the eccentric and subversive actions of Turkmenistan's former dictator, which included banning movies and replacing them with puppet shows, as well as writing his own propaganda book.
ChapterThe bizarre dictatorship of Turkmenistan's President
EpisodePart One: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared Himself Jesus
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The Runnama, deemed as the most important book since the Quran, was the pinnacle of everything insane dictator literature can be, as it was part history text, part guide to life, part religious book, and all crazy, according to Turkmenbashi's own introduction.
39:05 - 39:46 (00:41)
Summary
The Runnama, deemed as the most important book since the Quran, was the pinnacle of everything insane dictator literature can be, as it was part history text, part guide to life, part religious book, and all crazy, according to Turkmenbashi's own introduction.