1. Highway Turkmen back pad and landscaping.

2. Its closest relatives are Turkish and Turkmen.

3. Marco Polo raved about Turkmen carpets when he passed through in the 13th century; visitors can buy one to take home at the Tolkuchka Bazaar, one of the largest markets in Central Asia.

4. To most Turkmen the internet is a luxury due to its high cost, a strategy used by the government to dissuade people from using it.

5. According to Turkmen legend, the tower represents the gift of a rich man to his daughter, who died as a young woman.

6. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sent his profound sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the Chinese people.

7. The Turkmen mountains are relatively high, but it is hard to imagine the palace remaining frozen without some sort of technical help.

8. The Turkmen side is willing to strengthen the cooperation with China and learn from the development experience of China.

9. Language: Official languages are Pashtu and Dari. Other languages include Uzbek, Turkmen , Baluchi and etc.

10. Located near the tower is a saints' cemetery, where Turkmen say that God receives their prayers.

11. President Niyazov made the announcement in a speech broadcast on Turkmen television, which in effect made it a presidential order.

12. China has invested an estimated $6 billion, though some suspect that, due to corruption, the actual sum of money flowing to Turkmen and Uzbek businessmen may be considerably higher.

13. Industry experts say it makes sense for Iran to continue Turkmen gas imports to feed a northern Iranian region that is difficult to supply from its big southern fields.

14. On the afternoon of May 8, 2005,[http://] Chinese President Hu Jintao met in the hotel where he stayed with his Turkmen counterpart Saparmurat Niyazov.

15. Hu Jintao said that he was deeply impressed by the warm hospitality of the Turkmen people when he at invitation paid a visit to Turkmenistan in 1995.

16. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.

17. The agreement was reached on Tuesday during a visit to Beijing by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.