I will soon be posting "Turkmenbashi aura casta a dark shadow" which describes Niyazov's cruelty and eccentricity. I don't know enough about him to know if he was a nasty, greedy dictator, or a total nut job like in N Korea, Cambodia, and Uganda.
Niyazov banned all public playing of music.
Said that statues of himself appeared overnight like magic without government help.
Total nut job. Islam Karimov preferable anytime.