Gurbansoltan Eje [SEP] country of citizenship
Gurbansoltan Eje
Gurbansoltan Eje ("Mother of Gurbansoltan"; born 1913 in Gypjak, Turkmenistan; died 5 or 6 October 1948 in Aşgabat during the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake) was the mother of the first post-Soviet president Saparmurat Niyazov ("Türkmenbaşy").
Several places and institutions were named after her, like Ýylanly in the Gurbansoltan Eje District, as was the month of April in the Turkmen calendar, renamed in 2002 after the Turkmen government adopted a law to rename all the months and most of the days
poetry readings during "perestroika", and has written short fiction in addition to poetry. She was described as a supporter of the regime of Saparmurat Niyazov while he was alive, and at least one of her short stories centers upon an incident in the life of his mother, Gurbansoltan Eje, whose story was central to his personality cult. Patriotism and love of country are among the themes touched upon in her verse.