not engaged in any improper and unlawful deeds. If you want to be a proper headman, you will act as if you are mother or father to the whole village. You need to be a man that serves the village day and night. If you think that you are the owner of the village and hold your interests superior to those of the villagers then the way you lead people will diverge from our way.

If you are a district governor or governor, then you will have the whole district’s or city’s burden on your shoulders. If you cannot warm the people under your administration with justice in the way instructed in Magtymguly’s lines, “If you are a judge, then warm your public equally in the way the Sun does,” then you will not be a proper official.

In today’s world where we are leading a peaceful and harmonious life, various Türkmen officials must be supportive of the chief leader of the Türkmen in the event of a catastrophe, or other disasters that might arise out of the bad will of domestic and external forces (May Allah protect us in such cases). Standing before threatening bullets and agreeing to die or hiding at times of difficulty are defined as cowardliness by the Türkmens. There is a Türkmen saying in this context which runs, “Cowardliness is far worse than death.”

My Dear Türkmen!

Unite in days of happiness and sorrow as proper Türkmen!...If you stand united, there is no difficulty that you cannot overcome.

Whenever the Türkmens got stronger, they yielded to internal conflicts and caused their powerful states to collapse. We should learn our lesson from history and reinforce our unity.