The following is reprinted from Uncle John's...  ...parmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow or Turkmenbashi [wiki] (1940 - 2006)After the USSR broke up in 19...  ...dent nation but had no identity of its own. Enter Turkmenbashi . BACKGROUNDTurkmenistan had been under the contr...  ...in a new image: his...