Turkmenbashi - De Gek van Centraal-Azië

Joriske · 25 februari 2004, 19:34

Ik dacht dat zoiets niet meer bestond????

Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov has passed a decree forbidding young men in the country to wear long hair or beards.

The president said the Education Ministry should be in charge of checking people's hair as the issue was most pressing among the young.

Mr Niyazov's rule in the central Asian state has always been authoritarian.

But his latest decree takes to a new level the degree of state intervention in people's private lives.

President Niyazov appeared on television saying that men can no longer grow their hair and that beards are not allowed, at least among the young.

He gave no reason - but that is not unusual in Turkmenistan.

In this part of the world, rulings on hair are generally connected to Islam in some way, but it seems likely that Mr Niyazov's decree is more broadly directed against individualism of any kind.

Isolated

The goatee beard is currently in vogue in the capital, Ashgabat, and these will probably be the first to be shaved off.

Mr Niyazov's laws are becoming more and more personal.

It is forbidden now to listen to car radios or to smoke in the street; opera and ballet performances have been banned on the grounds that they are unnecessary.

The rules invite comparison between Turkmenistan and Albania in the 1970s under Enver Hoxha, who also made great lists of things illegal, including beards.

President Niyazov has moreover just brought in a ruling that public places and government ministries should have video monitors for, he said, the protection of the people.

Turkmenistan is ever more cut off from the outside world, and there are few checks and balances against Mr Niyazov's style of government.

On Sunday he is to fire 15,000 nurses and other health workers and replace them with army conscripts.

Flippend Rund · 25 februari 2004, 19:53

Wat een achterlijk volk! Doet me trouwens een beetje denken aan een verbod om hoofddoeken te dragen.

mvg

mad_drone · 25 februari 2004, 19:59

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Wat een achterlijk volk! Doet me trouwens een beetje denken aan een verbod om hoofddoeken te dragen.

mvg

jazeker!

tomm · 25 februari 2004, 21:56

De hele stad Turkmenbashi (genoemd naar... U raad het al) is ook volgebouwd met standbeelden ter eer en glorie van de vader des vaderlands, de eeuwige inspiratiebron en lichtend voorbeeld van het Turkmeense volk... Kinderen in de kleutertuin en het lager beginnen de dag met een gedicht ter ere van de grootste leider aller tijden.
Minder onderhoudend is het feit dat hij zijn bevolking laat uitbuiten door Turkse en Westerse textielbedrijven en de Russische en andere minderheden zwaar onderdrukt. Het is er ook het raden naar wat er gebeurt met de kolossale gasvoorraden, ze worden alleszins NIET geïnvesteerd in de zieltogende economie.

25 februari 2004, 19:34	#1
Joriske Gouverneur Geregistreerd: 16 oktober 2003 Locatie: 't Stad Berichten: 1.197	Ik dacht dat zoiets niet meer bestond???? Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov has passed a decree forbidding young men in the country to wear long hair or beards. The president said the Education Ministry should be in charge of checking people's hair as the issue was most pressing among the young. Mr Niyazov's rule in the central Asian state has always been authoritarian. But his latest decree takes to a new level the degree of state intervention in people's private lives. President Niyazov appeared on television saying that men can no longer grow their hair and that beards are not allowed, at least among the young. He gave no reason - but that is not unusual in Turkmenistan. In this part of the world, rulings on hair are generally connected to Islam in some way, but it seems likely that Mr Niyazov's decree is more broadly directed against individualism of any kind. Isolated The goatee beard is currently in vogue in the capital, Ashgabat, and these will probably be the first to be shaved off. Mr Niyazov's laws are becoming more and more personal. It is forbidden now to listen to car radios or to smoke in the street; opera and ballet performances have been banned on the grounds that they are unnecessary. The rules invite comparison between Turkmenistan and Albania in the 1970s under Enver Hoxha, who also made great lists of things illegal, including beards. President Niyazov has moreover just brought in a ruling that public places and government ministries should have video monitors for, he said, the protection of the people. Turkmenistan is ever more cut off from the outside world, and there are few checks and balances against Mr Niyazov's style of government. On Sunday he is to fire 15,000 nurses and other health workers and replace them with army conscripts. __________________ "January 15, 1916 - To the Government of Aleppo - We are informed that certain orphanages which have opened also admitted the children of the Armenians. [...]the Government will view the feeding of such children or any effort to prolong their lives as an act completely opposite to its purpose, since it regards the survival of these children as detrimental. - Minister of the Interior, TALAAT."

25 februari 2004, 19:53	#2
Flippend Rund Eur. Commissievoorzitter Geregistreerd: 22 februari 2004 Locatie: where the birds sing a pretty song Berichten: 8.389	Wat een achterlijk volk! Doet me trouwens een beetje denken aan een verbod om hoofddoeken te dragen. mvg

25 februari 2004, 21:56	#4
tomm Secretaris-Generaal VN Geregistreerd: 4 juli 2003 Locatie: Nederland Berichten: 43.671	De hele stad Turkmenbashi (genoemd naar... U raad het al) is ook volgebouwd met standbeelden ter eer en glorie van de vader des vaderlands, de eeuwige inspiratiebron en lichtend voorbeeld van het Turkmeense volk... Kinderen in de kleutertuin en het lager beginnen de dag met een gedicht ter ere van de grootste leider aller tijden. Minder onderhoudend is het feit dat hij zijn bevolking laat uitbuiten door Turkse en Westerse textielbedrijven en de Russische en andere minderheden zwaar onderdrukt. Het is er ook het raden naar wat er gebeurt met de kolossale gasvoorraden, ze worden alleszins NIET geïnvesteerd in de zieltogende economie.