Black Gold - Turkmenistan

July 1995
Turkmenistan's massive oil and gas reserves are as yet untapped.


Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures


Credited with the potential to become another Kuwait there is one main stumbling block on Turkmenistan's road to instant wealth; it can't sell its oil to the rest of the world. International sanctions prevent the building of a pipeline through Iran and into Turkey. The USA Ambassador backs up claims that the country has a huge unrealised oil potential. Otherwise Turkmenistan's main exports are camels and pedigree race horses - often given as gifts to visiting dignitaries. One man already exploiting Turkmenistan's oil potential is former communist leader and self-styled President Saparmurat Niyazov Turkmenbashi. His personality cult and photograph appear everywhere; even at a folk music competition. He rejects a multi-party democracy as too unstable. We interview Turkmenistan's Vice Premier and look inside a country shaking off its communist isolation.

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• Turkenistan
• Black
• Gold
• Oil
• Gas
• Camels
• Desert
• Wealth
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[LykaByka]

Because of these stupid journalist's Turkmenistan is hated

[amid280]

salam maleykum allaha yakin olan insanlar ben amid mamedov baki

sheherindeyim ben uzumu mekkeye tutub

sizden allahin ismi

ile yalvaririm beni dinliyin bir sayt var ismi(youtube.com)orada arayin

(amid wants citizenship) orada ben konushurum

derdimi dinliyiniz allah sizleri dinlesin amin telefonumuz 99470 307 36 01 (spasinasboje@yahoo.com) imdat elinizi uzatin turk halgim allah ta size el uzatar inshallah

[pxe]

@MeesterCrumpet

Yes, I am sure every single person watching has seen both this and the other one/some other media coverage on it and instantly made the connection between the two.

[MeesterCrumpet]

I love it when a gorgeous country with an interesting culture gets taken over by a complete prat and ruined. it just reminds me how crap human beings are

[MeesterCrumpet]

@pxe uh,yeah. the other journeyman doco on turkmenistan said that. we know

[pxe]

Pretty sure that guy being interviewed(on 6:13 and other parts of the video) is the same one who was jailed in the early 2000's for an alleged attempt on Niyazov's life. Can't remember his name but yeah.

[olga9b]

WE in the west always glorify our system of democracy and capitalism

[porkythepig16]

wtf i never heard of this dictator before

[Clausewitzz]

The only thing really changed there in 15 years is the rich gotten richer and theres a new dictator, and thats about it.

[reot2]

language on which you speak testifies for it self who you are,

please don't lower dignity of kurdish nation by your self showing language,

every nation in th world is great, but people like you put shadow on to the truth!