ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan will spend nearly $5 billion to build a city named in honor of strongman Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, officials said on Wednesday.

The reclusive Central Asian country bordering the Caspian Sea has been ruled by the Berdymukhamedov family for more than 16 years.

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