The Ministry of Internal Affairs ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Içeri Işler Ministrligi) is the

interior ministry An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

or national police force of

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 ...

. The ministry directly controls the Turkmen police force, consisting of about 25,000 personnel, and works with the Ministry for National Security on matters of law enforcement and national defense. The primary tasks of the police force include maintaining law and

public security Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensur ...

crime prevention Crime prevention is the attempt to reduce and deter crime and criminals. It is applied specifically to efforts made by governments to reduce crime, enforce the law, and maintain criminal justice. Studies Criminologists, commissions, and research b ...

and investigation, passport control, road and fire safety, and

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in law enforcement. The ministry works with

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. The current minister is Mämmethan Çakyýew. The ministry was founded on February 19, 1998, by decree of 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 the formation of the police of Turkmenistan”.

History

In April 2007, President

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957), also known as Arkadag (Cyrillic: Аркадаг, "protector"), is a Turkmen politician who served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022. A dentist by profes ...

removed then-Minister of Internal Affairs Akmämed Rahmanow from his position on suspicions of bribery and corruption. In 2012, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan worked with the

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(OSCE) to train its police force on the issue of protecting human rights and countering terrorism. In May 2016, the

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conducted a course for officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the topic of drug trafficking and related interventions. In August 2017, the Agreement on Cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan was signed by the ministers of each country. On 12 occasions, Turkmen president

severely reprimanded then-Minister of Internal Affairs Isgender Mülikow, citing "poor execution of his job responsibilities, negligence in personnel issues". In 2019, Mülikow was fired, demoted, arrested, charged with multiple crimes, convicted, and sentenced to a 25-year prison sentence. (video)

Organization

* Organs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmen Police) ** Central apparatus ** Territorial apparatus ** Medical institutions **

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** Sports Club *

Turkmen Internal Troops The Internal Troops of Turkmenistan ( Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň içerki goşunlary) is a service branch of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan under the auspices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is one of three types of paramilitary force ...

** Various military units * State Service for Protecting Security of the Healthy Society of Turkmenistan

Educational Institutions

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Turkmen Police Academy Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...

Ministers

*Serdar Çaryýarow (17 May 1990 - 2 April 1993) *Gurbanmuhammed Kasymow (2 April 1993 - 17 September 1998) *Poran Berdiýew (17 September 1998 - 14 March 2002) *Annaberdi Kakabaýew (14 March 2002 - 21 February 2003) *Aşyr Ataýew (21 February 2003 - 12 August 2004) * Geldimuhammed Aşyrmuhammedow (12 August 2004 - 9 December 2004) *Akmämed Rahmanow (9 December 2004 - 9 April 2007) *Hojamurat Annagurbanow (9 April 2007 - 8 October 2007) *Orazgeldi Amanmuradow (8 October 2007 - 29 May 2009) * Isgender Mülikow (29 May 2009 - 1 October 2019) * Mämmethan Çakyýew (1 October 2019 – 1 July 2021) *Öwezdurdy Hojanyýazow (1 July 2021 – 6 April 2022) * Muhammet Hydyrow (6 April 2022 – present)

References

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