The Humanitarian Association of World Turkmens () or GATM is the organization meant to bring together

Turkmen people Turkmens ( tk, , , , ; historically "the Turkmen"), sometimes referred to as Turkmen Turks ( tk, , ), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-weste ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

and other parts of the world.Reaching out to the Turkmen diaspora: A work in progress
''Wikileaks.org'', 30 September 2009

Background

The idea of the association was expressed by the Agzybirlik Popular movement, an opposition group in the early 1990s that worked for the renaissance of the Turkmen heritage.Alexei Vassiliev
Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-Soviet Era
''Saqi'', 2013 () The Association of Turkmens of the World was founded by the Turkmen President

Saparmurat Niyazov Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; tk, Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, in Cyrillic: Сапармырат Атаевич Ныязов (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006), also known as Turkmenbashi, was a Turkmen politician who rule ...

on 21 May 1991 at a council meeting. Niyazov, the self-proclaimed "Father of All Turkmen," led Turkmenistan for 15 years after independence from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

in 1991, and was perceived as a radical move considering the cultural repression of the Soviet era.Turkmen nation will never disappear
''Turkmenistaninfo.ru'', October 2006 Its original goal is the preservation of the Turkmen culture, and the printing of its own information publication in Arabic, Latin and Russian. Niyazov undertook several initiatives to promote Turkmen culture including new Turkmen-oriented holidays as well as the introduction of a new Latin-based Turkmen alphabet to replace the

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

alphabet in use at the time. In 2001, the GATM voted to suffix the name of Niyazov with "Beyt" (Great). The

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

GATM offices opened in February 2004.

Description

The main goal of the new organization was to "create a never-ending bond between Turkmen peoples scattered throughout the world and their native lands". The organization finances events linked to the Turkmen heritage and culture. Technically, the GATM does not address political or economical matters. In 2009, the GATM had representations in Central Asian countries, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Germany and Russia. In 2018, the GATM has 27 offices in 14 countries. The association encourages studies in the Turkmen history and counts many ties with Muslim organizations. It also organizes the International Festival of the Turkmens of the World, which promotes Turkmen arts.Welcome to historical homeland!
''Ifacca.org'', 27 April 2010

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Du̇nĭă tu̇rkmenlerinin︠g︡ gumanitar birleshigi
Politics of Turkmenistan Political organizations based in Turkmenistan Organizations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Turkmenistan {{Turkmenistan-stub

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