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Garabekewül District
Garabekewül District is a former Districts of Turkmenistan, district of Lebap Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district was the town of Garabekewül. It is now part of Halaç District, which annexed it on 25 November 2017 by Parliamentary Resolution No. 679-V. History It was formed in February 1925 as Karabekaul ''etrap'' (District) of Türkmenabat, Leninsk oblast', Turkmen SSR. In May 1927, Leninsk oblast' was renamed to Chardzhou oblast'. In September 1930, when Chardzhou oblast' was abolished, Karabekaul District was directly subordinated to the Turkmen SSR. In November 1939, Karabekaul District moved back to the newly reformed Chardzhou oblast'. In January 1963, Karabekaul was abolished, but it was restored in direct submission to the Turkmen SSR government in December 1964. In December 1970, the district rejoined the restored Chardzhou oblast'. Following independence, on December 14, 1992, Karabekaul District became part of Lebap Province (with iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Turkmenistan
The districts of Turkmenistan (, sing. ''etrap'') are territorial entities below the regions of Turkmenistan, provinces of Turkmenistan (, sing. ''Wilayah, welaýat''). They may be counties, cities, or boroughs of cities. The heads of the districts (, translated as "governor" for districts of a ''welaýat'' and "mayor" for cities or boroughs of a city) are appointed by the President of Turkmenistan (Constitution of Turkmenistan, Articles 80-81). Regarding cities "with district status" (), by Turkmen law, "...such cities must have population over 30,000 and be the administrative center of a province (welaýat); headed by a presidentially appointed häkim." Though this officially limits the possible number of such cities to five (the number of provinces), in reality other cities are periodically accorded the status of a district. As of 9 November 2022, 7 cities in Turkmenistan enjoyed the status of districts. One city, the capital city of Ashgabat, enjoys the status of a provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RFE/RL
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a media organization broadcasting news and analyses in 27 languages to 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Prague since 1995, RFE/RL operates 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff, 1,300 freelancers, and 680 employees. Nicola Careem serves as the editor-in-chief. Founded during the Cold War, RFE began in 1949 targeting Soviet satellite states, while RL, established in 1951, focused on the Soviet Union. Initially funded covertly by the CIA until 1972, the two merged in 1976. RFE/RL was headquartered in Munich from 1949 to 1995, with additional broadcasts from Portugal's Glória do Ribatejo until 1996. Soviet authorities jammed their signals, and communist regimes often infiltrated their operations. Today, RFE/RL is a private 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees all government-supported international broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkmen People
Turkmens (, , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-western Afghanistan. Sizeable groups of Turkmens are found also in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and the North Caucasus ( Stavropol Krai). They speak the Turkmen language, which is classified as a part of the Eastern Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages. In the early Middle ages, Turkmens called themselves Oghuz; in the Middle Ages, they took the ethnonym Turkmen. These early Oghuz Turkmens moved westward from the Altai Mountains through the Siberian steppes, and settled in the region now known as Turkmenistan. Further westward migration of the Turkmen tribes from the territory of modern Turkmenistan and the rest of Central Asia started from the 11th century and continued until the 18th century. These Turkmen tribes played a significant role in the ethnic formation of such peoples as Anatolian Turks, Turkmens of Iraq, and Syria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957) is a Turkmen politician and former dentist who is currently the chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan. He previously served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022, when he entered into a power-sharing arrangement with his son, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Serdar, the current president. A former dentist, Berdimuhamedow served in the government of the president, Saparmurat Niyazov, as the Ministry of Health (Turkmenistan), minister of health in 1997 and as the third Vice President of Turkmenistan, vice president in 2001. He became acting president following Niyazow's death on 21 December 2006 and subsequently won the 2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, 2007 presidential election. He faced no meaningful opposition and won by an overwhelming margin with 89% of the vote. In 2012 Turkmenistan presidential election, 2012, he was re-elected for a second term with 97% of the vote and he was re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Turkmenistan
The president of Turkmenistan (), 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 commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan and heads the State Security Council. Serdar Berdimuhamedow is the current president of Turkmenistan, the third in the history of the country since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. He succeeded his father, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow when the latter stepped down in 2022 after a reign of 15 years, the first president to do so. In the 2022 election, Berdimuhamedow received 72.97% of the country's popular vote against nine other candidates. International observers have criticized the honesty of this election. The country passed reforms in 2016 eliminating term limits for the presidency and removing the previous age requirement of below 70, as well as extending the term from five t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebap Region
Lebap Region () is one of the regions of Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan, Uzbekistan along the Amu Darya. Its administrative centre is Türkmenabat (formerly named Çärjew). It has an area of 93,727 square kilometers, and a population of 1,447,298 people (2022 census).''Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004'', National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005. The name Lebap is a Turkmenized form of the Persian ''Lab-e āb'' (), which means "riverside" and has long been used to designate the middle reaches of the Amu Darya. It contains the Repetek Nature Reserve as well as the Köýtendag Nature Reserve, which includes Turkmenistan's highest mountain, Aýrybaba (3137 meters). Lebap is also home to the Dayahatyn caravanserai, caravansaray. The region is located along the Amu Darya. The Kyzylkum Desert is located on the east side of the river and Karakum Desert is located on the west side o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is divided into five regions, or ''welaýatlar'' (singular ''Wilaya, welaýat'') and one capital city (''şäher'') with provincial legal status. They are Ahal Region, Ahal, Balkan Region, Balkan, Daşoguz Region, Dashoguz, Lebap Region, Lebap and Mary Region, Mary, plus the capital city of Ashgabat. Each province is divided into Districts of Turkmenistan, districts. As of 20 December 2022 there were 37 districts (), 49 cities (), including 7 cities with district status (), 68 towns (), 469 rural councils (rural municipal units, ) and 1690 villages (rural settlements ) in Turkmenistan. The regions are also translated as ''oblasts'', which were also the Subdivisions of the Soviet Union, administrative divisions of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, a republic of the Soviet Union, which retained the system after independence in 1991. Capital city The capital city of Turkmenistan is Ashgabat, which is an administrative and territorial unit with provincial autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Turkmenistan
The National Council of Turkmenistan () was Turkmenistan's bicameral national legislative body or parliament from March 2021 until January 2023. The upper chamber was the People's Council () and the lower chamber was the Assembly (). The National Council was created in March 2021 following election of members to the upper chamber, which in turn followed a constitutional amendment in late 2020. In January 2023 both chambers of parliament proposed to abolish the Halk Maslahaty as a legislative organ, to reform it as an independent body, and to place all legislative authority with a unicameral Mejlis. The National Council was accordingly abolished by unanimous vote of its members in a joint session of the People's Council and Assembly on 21 January 2023. See also * Assembly of Turkmenistan * People's Council of Turkmenistan * Politics of Turkmenistan The politics of Turkmenistan nominally takes place in the framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkmen SSR
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan, the Turkmen SSR, TuSSR, Turkmenistan, or Turkmenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union located in Soviet Central Asia, Central Asia existed as a republic from 1925 to 1991. Initially, on 7 August 1921, it was established as the Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan ASSR before being made, on 13 May 1925, a separate republic of the USSR as the Turkmen SSR. Since then the borders of the Turkmenia were unchanged. On 22 August 1990, Turkmenia declared its sovereignty over Soviet laws. On 27 October 1991, it became Turkmenistan, independent as Turkmenistan. Geographically, Turkmenistan was bordered between Iran, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Afghanistan to the south, Caspian Sea to the west, the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakh SSR to the north and the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzbek SSR to the east. History Annexation to Russia Russian Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Türkmenabat
Türkmenabat (), formerly Amul, Cärjew/Chardzhou (until 1924 and from 1940-1999), and Novy Chardzhuy (from 1927-1940), is the second-largest city in Turkmenistan and the administrative centre of Lebap Province. , it had a population of approximately 231,000 people (up from 161,000 in the 1989 census). From 1924 to 1927, it was also named Leninsk in honor of Vladimir Lenin. Etymology The former name of the city, Çärjew (also Chardzhou), is a Turkmen borrowing from the Persian ''čahârjuy'', which consists of two parts: ''čahâr'', meaning "four", and ''juy'', meaning "brook". This type of naming is also common in Iran, such as the village Seh Juy, Se Juy (literally 'three brooks'). The current name of the city is simply a combining of ''Turkmens, Türkmen'' and the Persian suffix ''-abad, ābād (آباد)'', meaning "cultivated place" (village, city, region). Geography Türkmenabat is located at an altitude of on the banks of the Amu Darya River, near the border with Uzbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
