The profile of the Akhalteke horse Yanardag is depicted in the inner circle of National Emblem. Yanardag became the world champion at the international exhibition of the Akhalteke breed in Moscow in 1999 an won numerous races. The carpets (see later) in the second circle, cotton and wheat in the third with the symbol of the five regions.
When in November 1998 we flew over London and Jerevan to Ashgabat, the ticket officer in London asked: By the way, Sir, where is Ashgabat? The following years many people have asked the same question. We did not know at that moment that, over the next 12 years, we would travel more than 100 times to Turkmenistan!
In this blog we will tell you the story of the "Divine Akhal-Teke Horse" of Turkmenistan.
