At the end of March, 2015, local housing authorities in the capital, Ashgabat, and its suburbs started ordering residents of multistory apartment buildings to take down their satellite dishes ...

Are Ashgabat’s satellite dishes an eyesore or a lifeline to information? By Catherine Putz. April 25, 2015. In a press release Friday, ...

In March 2015, authorities began forcing residents to remove their satellite dishes from apartment buildings on main streets in Ashgabat, the capital, under the pretext of “city beautification.” ...

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov says he wants satellite dishes removed from the tops of buildings in the capital, Ashgabat, calling them an eyesore, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports ...

The dismantling and removal of satellite dishes in Turkmenistan continues. That is not news; it’s been happening in the capital, Ashgabat, and surrounding areas for years now. Many suspect the ...

President Berdimuhammedov has declared satellite dishes a stain on the cityscape of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan— but is it just a ploy to curtail the seeping influence of outside media, ...