The 60-year-old Berdimuhamedov climbed to power at the very end of 2006 after his predecessor Saparmurat Niyazov , who had been in power since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 , died .
Berdimuhamedo , 60 maraniw 2006 mara tukusinw jilïr irpirir Saparmyrat Nyýazow jupan jiwatapata , jupax independencia de la URSS , 1991 martapachaw uka poder ukankatayna .