Hadjiev和他的家人在2001年逃到欧洲，以躲避世界上最严酷的政权之一：已故的，自诩为“Turkmenbashi（土库曼之父 ） ” 的Saparmurat Niyazov的专制主义独裁政权。
Hadjiev and his family fled to Europe in 2001, escaping one of the world’s most repressive regimes: the absolutist dictatorship of the late Saparmurat Niyazov, who fancied himself “Turkmenbashi,” the father of all Turkmen.