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 ...

It’s not often you can rent a beautiful, ancient and rare breed of horse for a trail ride, but at Dasha Cole’s Myakka River Trail Rides, the endangered Akhal-Teke horses are available for greenhorns.

In a country where the president has declared himself ‘the people’s horse breeder’, equestrian events are a family affair. Eurasianet goes along for the ride Each weekend crowds gather in the Turkmen ...

On 11-12 October, 2024, the President of the 42nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Amb. Simona-Mirela Miculescu, undertook an official trip to Turkmenistan, to award the high-level ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Look, Ahalteke horse, look your star has risen, and we believe that it will light your way and will neverdie [sic] out.” This rather garbled sample quote from Turkmen President Gurbanguly ...

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.

Social media users are sharing photos of what they call the most beautiful horse on earth. The horse is a native of Turkey and has received the title of the ‘most beautiful horse in the world’ from ...

The Akhal-Teke is one of the most beautiful and oldest equine breeds in the world. There are only 8.000 in the world, and 1.000 of them can be found at a horse complex near Turkmenistan’s capital ...