Turkmenpost ( tk, Türkmenpoçta, ''Turkmenpochta''), is the national

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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 company is responsible for the delivery of

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and issuing

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s. It has been a member of the

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since January 26, 1993. Turkmenpost employs about 2,000 people and has over 146 post offices, with its headquarters in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

History

Mail service has existed in Turkmenistan since the time of the Russian Empire. However, since October 1991, the country organizes its own postal service functions. In any branch of Turkmenpochta, customers can send letters, parcels, money transfers in Turkmenistan, large-sized parcels, EMS-shipments and express transfers. Turkmenpost provides services in five velayats, all cities and urban-type settlements of Turkmenistan. The total number of branches of Turkmenpochta is 146. They are equipped with modern communication technology, where payments for services are accepted by non-cash method, bank cards and cash. DHL Express is among the partners of Turkmenpost.

Building

on April 1, 2011 a Turkmenpost office, and nearby, the building of the

Ministry of Communications (Turkmenistan) The Ministry of Communications ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Aragatnaşyk ministrligi) was a governmental agency in Turkmenistan responsible for telecommunications, post, Internet, television, and radio. The ministry was founded in 1991 and was abolishe ...

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Services

The postal company Turkmenpost provides the following services: * Receiving postal money orders * Payment for postal money orders * Receiving emails with a declared value * Receiving sent parcels * Receiving subscriptions * Wire transfer * Wholesale and retail trade (stationery and household goods) * Receiving subscription fees and international calls * Receiving utilities * Other services (packaging of parcels, small packages, parcels, sewing and sale of commercial forms.) * Delivery service, Courier call from door to door * EMS services * Checking traffic fines online, through the website * Subscribing to newspapers and magazines. Possibility of online subscription through the Abuna and Turkmenmetmugat applications;

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* Postal organizations Postal system of Turkmenistan Logistics companies of Turkmenistan Transport companies established in 1992 1992 establishments in Turkmenistan {{Postal-stub

History

Building

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