The "State Anthem of Turkmenistan", also known as the "National Anthem of Independent Neutral Turkmenistan" ( tk, Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni), was adopted as the national anthem of

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in 1996, then again with modified lyrics in 2008.''Turkmenistan to the Heights of the Golden Age'', Ashgabat, 2005. The music was composed by Turkmenistani composer

Veli Mukhatov Velimuhammet Muhadov or Welimuhammet Muhadow (Turkmen Cyrillic: Велимухаммет Мухадов; rus, links=no, Велимухаммед Мухатов, Velimukhammed Mukhatov; – 6 January 2005), also known as Veli Muhadov or Weli Muha ...

, who also composed the music of the Turkmen SSR's regional anthem. The lyrics were originally written by the first

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, Saparmurat Niyazov (also known as Turkmenbashi), who died on 21 December 2006. Less than two years after his death, the reference to Turkmenbashi in the chorus was replaced with "the people", and both the third and final verse and the chorus at the start of the piece were removed. The national anthem is played at the start of radio and television broadcasts at 6:55 a.m. local time and played again when radio and television stations sign off.Archived a
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History

Until 1996, Turkmenistan, which received independence a few years earlier, used the Turkmen SSR anthem without words as the state anthem. The new anthem was adopted on 27 September 1996 by the

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in Bayramali. The anthem, known by the first sentence of the chorus, "The great creation of Turkmenbashi", in reference to the first leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, was used from 1997 to 2008, when it was given minor changes when his successor,

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, ordered to do so following Niyazov's death in 2006.

Lyrics

Current Version

1997–2008 Version

Notes

References

External links

Turkmenistan: ''Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni'' - Audio of the national anthem of Turkmenistan, with information and lyricsarchive link

Instrumental version of "Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem" in RealAudio
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features a page with a vocal version of the National Anthem, as well as other songs and video clips. {{Authority control

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