On the last Sunday of April, Turkmenistan celebrates the Day of the Turkmen Horse, Akhal-Teke. The famous horse breed takes its name from a Turkmen tribe, the Teke. This year, the country is sending ...

Berdymukhamedov the elder's insistence on stealing his son's limelight makes it hard to know who is truly running the country. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan's president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly cantered on his jewel-adorned stallion before ...

The Akhal-Teke, a breed of horse from Turkmenistan, has a reputation for speed, endurance and intelligence. In May 2014, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov presented an Akhal-Teke horse to ...

A Turkmenistan man performs with an Akhal-Teke Horse at a festival in China, May 12, 2014. (AP / Jason Lee) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Turkmenistan is home to one of the oldest and most beautiful horse breeds known as Akhal-Teke. These horses have been bred for thousands of years by the Turkmen Teke tribe in the Akhal oasis in the ...

The golden horse stood shimmering in the spring sunshine. Its almost translucent coat shone with a metallic sheen and was like silk to the touch. Under that skin flowed blood from a line that ...

In the heart of Central Asia, the sunbaked Karakum Desert stretches across Turkmenistan. For centuries, the nomadic Turkmen who inhabited these desiccated plains trekked long distances on horseback in ...