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Title: TURKMENISTAN - Turkmenbashi's Expensive Tower.
Publication: APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy (Newsletter)
Date: October 20, 2003
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 46 Issue: 4Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Niyazov has a gigantic monument in the shape of the Eiffel Tower. Jutting through the skyline of Ashgabat, it bears ornate runic inscriptions, a glass elevator up the middle and, on top, a solid gold statue of Niyazov which rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours. It is called Monument to Neutrality. His arms outstretched in greeting, Niyazov begins his day facing south-east towards Afghanistan. By noon he is facing Iran. By mid-afternoon he is looking west over the Caspian Sea and towards Azerbaijan, then Georgia. At about 7 pm he faces Russia, then turns towards Kazakhstan, followed by Uzbekistan to the east and back to Afghanistan.
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