It was built by order of Turk­men­bashi him­self, in whose hon­or she was giv­en the name. It is locat­ed in the vil­lage where the pres­i­dent was born, and not in the cap­i­tal of the coun­try. The con­struc­tion of this mosque was not cheap, and French mas­ters took part in its cre­ation.