Does the Hero of Turkmenistan write the sacred book?

The president of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow who has been recently re-elected on this post with result of 97 %, after all received a rank of the Hero of Turkmenistan, wrote the novel under the name “Good name is imperishable” last years and puzzled many people with the statement that the new “Ruhnama” is necessary to the country. Probably, he shortly also will write it …

It seems that the president of Turkmenistan should simply be the Hero of Turkmenistan. For example, Saparmurat Niyazov, he is also Turkmenbashi, overtook even Leonid Brezhnev - became the sixfold Hero of Turkmenistan! Besides, his father and mother became the Heroes posthumously.

In 2009 the idea to appropriate a rank of the Hero to the president Berdimuhamedow was voiced for the first time. But then he declared that considers it premature and explained why: “I still young and I am ready to work a little more that you could give me appreciation then”. Here, probably, the time also came: the parliament of the republic adopted the relevant resolution which was supported by the Council of the Elders. The elders explained the reasons of such unanimity: “the strengthening of independence of the country, happy today and future life of the people, strengthening of legal bases of the state, development of national economy and culture”.

Let's add that in concordance with the law the Hero of Turkmenistana receives a medal “Altyn Ay” (“Gold half moon”), the award in 25 thousand dollars and also 50 percent bonus to a salary. However, there is one snag: it is not clear when Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow becomes the Hero. The matter is that according to the constitution, the decision on assignment of honorary titles is accepted … by the president. It is necessary to wait for the official announcement.

The writer unlike the Hero receives not especially great fee, but applies for the world glory. Presidents of Turkmenistan aren't alien to the literary creativity – the first and the second president. For example, the present president came to the power in 2007 – since then he managed to become the general, the academician of Turkmen Academy of Sciences, to receive two scientific degrees of the Doctor of Science. And still managed to write the books and very different. Their names speak for themselves: “Turkmenistan is the country of healthy and high-spiritual people”, “Akhal-Teke is our pride and glory”, “Herbs of Turkmenistan”.
The scientific articles and publications of different years underlay in the collection “Scientific bases of the development of health care in Turkmenistan”. Let's remind that earlier Berdimuhamedow was the Minister of Health.

The book “Turkmenistan is the country of healthy and high-spiritual people”, left in circulation in five thousand copies, is “an impressing panorama of achievements of an epoch of new national revival in all priority spheres - economy, education, science, health care, in a word, in the social sphere which acts as the main priority of all policy carried out in the country”.

The book “Akhal-Teke is our pride and glory” was published in the Turkmen, Russian and English languages at once and “Herbs of Turkmenistan” was noted by the diploma “For fundamental nature of a plan and high research level of the encyclopedia” at the 22nd Moscow international book exhibition.

Already there is also the first volume of the chosen works of the president. It is called as “To new heights of progress”. And suddenly the novel …

The work under the name “Good name is imperishable” the author devoted to the grandfather Berdimuhamed Annayev. He was the teacher, then he worked as the director of elementary school. The veteran continued to work at school after return from the war, but was lost during the catastrophic Ashkhabad earthquake of 1948 year.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow explained: “In the art and documentary book about the grandfather Berdimuhamed Annayev, I proceeded, first of all, from that, according to thousand people, he left light and kind memory about himself and his worthy life and noble activity represent the doubtless human value and the big public importance. I am proud that I’m the grandson of that infinitely dear and close person. All the life I emulated him and tried to resemble him in everything”.

The president called the work “art and documentary” as he wrote the novel on the basis of archival documents and conversations with pupils and colleagues of the grandfather. The novel is already published in the Turkmen and Russian languages and the preface to it was written by the father of the president of Turkmenistan Myalikguly Berdimuhamedow.

Apparently, further Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov decided “to make a stab at our William Shakespeare”: the republic discusses the news that soon there will be a new sacred book in the country. Let's remind that “Ruhnama” which has came out from the pen of Saparmurat Niyazov, just became such “sacred book”. Even the monument was devoted to it. Besides, the day when Turkmenbashi finished the work on the book (on September 12) became the state holiday, the month September and one of the days of the week, namely Saturday, were renamed in honor of “Ruhnama”...

Now there is a need in new “sacred book”. Why? This question was answered by the writer Tachgeldy Gutliyev who explained that “the new period of Turkmenistan history” came. So, the spiritual management is necessary the new too. As the copies of “Ruhnama” already began to withdraw, replacing them with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's works.

They said that the new ledger of all Turkmen will be called “Turkmennama” or “Adamnama”. But it will be not easy for Arkadag to excel Turkmenbashi, as the last one publicly declared that everyone who will read “Ruhnama” three times, “becomes clever, will understand the nature, laws, human values and after that will get directly to paradise”.

That’s so …