14 February 2002 ASHGABAT, 13 February (EurasiaNet)–Turkmenistan was one of the last countries to declare independence from the Soviet Union, waiting until 27 October 1991 to hold a referendum on the issue. Like most of the Central Asian states, Turkmenistan was forced to confront independence unexpectedly, with the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union. Turkmen independence did not have local […]
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