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All citizens are required to carry internal passports, noting place of residence — a practice carried over from the Soviet era.
Turkmenistan is dominated by a pervasive cult of personality extolling the late president as Türkmenbaşy (" Leader of all Turkmen "), a title he assumed in 1993.
The two books he has written are mandatory readings in schools and public servants are quizzed yearly about their knowledge of their contents.
A giant 15-meter ( 50 ft ) tall gold-plated statue of him stands on a rotating pedestal in Ashgabat, so it will always face into the sun and shine light onto the city.
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