March 3, 2014 – DEMAGAGA

Wired‘s Ryan Tate makes a compelling argument that the former software empire may be adopting strategies first crafted by its rival Google in offering free cloud services and a free Windows Azure OS to compete with Chrome OS and act as a conduit for users to Microsoft’s varied cloud services. New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella […]

Documentary

The Turkmenbashi Cult of Personality in Turkmenistan

March 3, 2014
Cold War
Communism
DPRK
Kim Jong-Un
North Korea
personality cult
Ruhnama
Saparmurat Niyazov
Soviet Union
Turkmen SSR
Turkmenbashi
Turkmenistan
United States
USSR

With a personality cult to rival that of Kim Jong-un’s in North Korea, Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi has built a comprehensive system of secular adulation centered on his life and his teachings as embodied in his various proclamations, speeches, and writings, most famous among which is the Ruhnama. Having elevated himself to the position of secular god […]

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The Turkmenbashi Cult of Personality in Turkmenistan