The Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan () is a state body 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 sout ...
founded in 1951, which is responsible for the implementation of Turkmen scientific and technical policy. The academy was closed under 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 ...
and reopened by his successor,
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
Structure
The academy has three departments:
*Humanitarian and economic sciences
*Physical and mathematical, chemical, geological and engineering sciences
*Medical, biological and agricultural sciences
History
Its lineage dates back to the Turkmen Scientific Commission, founded in 1922. It would later become the State Academic Council, under the
People's Commissariat of Education and then the Turkmen Scientific Research Institute. In March 1936, by resolution of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, it was reduced to the Institute of History and Language and Literature. In 1940, the foundation of the Turkmen Academy of Sciences took place. By 1945, thirty-five
Turkmens
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 ...
are among the researchers. The present academy established in June 1951. By 1986, the academy had 15 research institutions. In the summer of 1998, the academy came under the direct control of the President of Turkmenistan. It was closed for more than 10 years and was reopened by
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 ...
's s successor,
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
2009 revival
With the revival of the academy in 2009 the structure of science and research in Turkmenistan changed, reflecting reforms initiated by President
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. With the new structure of the academy, research is centralized. The academy was restored according to presidential resolution number 10458 dated June 12, 2009, "On the question about the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan". According to the resolution, 11 institutes and three organisations serving the science sector were moved: the library, the printing house and the Ylym publishing house. By a decree of
President of Turkmenistan
The president of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme c ...
, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in January 2019, the government will gradually end state funding of Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, which will be phased out over three years.
Directors
Academy directors until 1998 were:
*B. Keller (1940)
*Dmitry Nalivkin (1946–51)
*Tagan Berdyev (1951–56)
*Geldy Charyev (1956–59)
['' Никитин В. П.']
Новый центр научной мысли. Открытие Академии Наук Туркменской ССР
// Вестник АН СССР, 1951, № 9, стр. 39
*Shadzhe Batyrs (1959–65)
*Pigam Azimov (1966–75)
*Agajan Babaev (1975–86)
*Orazgeldy Ovezgeldyev (1986–88)
*Agajan Babaev (1989–93)
*Agamamed Hojamuhammedov (1993–98)
*Gurbanmyrat Mezilov (2010—2016)
*Meret Ashyrbaev (2016—2018)
*Sapardurdy Toylyev (since 2018)
References
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Education in Turkmenistan
Educational organizations based in Turkmenistan
Science and technology in Turkmenistan
National academies of sciences
Scientific organizations established in 1951
1951 establishments in the Soviet Union