''Neytralny Turkmenistan'' (russian: Нейтральный Туркменистан) is the daily official
Russian-language
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newspaper in
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 s ...
. The daily newspaper serves as the official government gazette of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, publishing government-related affairs such as official decrees and newly promulgated laws of
parliament
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, official statements,
presidential addresses, documents of state bodies, short biographies of appointees to and candidates for public office, Presidential decrees, and government announcements. Neytralny Turkmenistan had a circulation of 32,241 as of 2020, making it one of the largest Russian-language newspapers in Turkmenistan.
History
This newspaper was first published on November 7, 1924 under the name ''Turkmenskaya Iskra'' (russian: Туркменская искра, "Turkmen Spark").
Between 1927 and 1929 the daily circulation rose from 7,000 to 10,000 copies.
In 1959 the newspaper was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner of Labor
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the ...
.
In December 1974 the newspaper received a certificate of honor (russian:
почётная грамота) from the Presidium of the
.
In 1975, its circulation was 60 thousand copies.
In 1995 the newspaper was renamed ''Neytralny Turkmenistan'' ("Neutral Turkmenistan"). That same year
Gozel Nuraliyeva became a deputy editor, later rising to the position of editor-in-chief.
Other languages
Since 2012 a weekly digest called ''Neutral Turkmenistan'' has been published in English, on 8 pages in A3 format.
A
Turkmen-language near-duplicate daily newspaper, ''Türkmenistan'', is published simultaneously.
''Türkmenistan'' is the first Turkmen-language newspaper published in Turkmenistan, with a first issue published on 29 July 1920.
External links
Neytralny Turkmenistan in PDFTürkmenistan (Turkmen) in PDFNeutral Turkmenistan (English) weekly in PDFNeytralny Turkmenistan OnlineBBC Turkmenistan media
References
Newspapers published in the Soviet Union
Newspapers published in Turkmenistan
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