Independence Square () is a square in

Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...

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. The identification number of the square is 2000.

Development

By June 2009, the square was renovated, with new fountains, original lamps and benches, being built over the course of six months. In October 2014, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov acquainted with the progress of landscaping on the square, taking a bike ride through the central part of the square. In September 2021, in honor of the 30th anniversary of Turkmen independence, the largest flat screen TV

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was placed on the government tribune. It coincided with the complete renovation of the government tribune. On 16th September 2021, a new complex of the State Tribune was opened, built on Kopetdag Avenue in the south of Ashgabat. The former tribune in Independence Square will be reconstructed and renamed into the Business Reception Center of the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace.

Events

The annual Turkmen Independence Day Parade, as well as welcome ceremony for foreign dignitaries visiting Ashgabat are held on the square. Festivities on

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occurs on the square. In 2004, Turkmen leader

Saparmurat Niyazov Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006) was a Turkmenistani politician who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the Secretary (title), first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenist ...

ordered that an original fountain be built on the square. In May 2007, a "Star Show" took place on the square dedicated to the Day of Workers of Culture and Arts and the poetry of Magtymguly Fragi, with three powerful telescopes being installed on the central square for people to look into the lens.

Landmarks

* Oguzhan Presidential Palace * Ruhyyet Palace * Ministry of Defense headquarters *Mejlis of Turkmenistan * * *Center of the Social Organizations of Turkmenistan *Turkmen State Library *Ministry of Textile Industry *National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan *Ashgabat Olympic Swimming Pool *State Puppet Theatre *Saparmurar Turkmenbashi Military Academy *Pushkin Russian-Turkmen Secondary School *Foreign Economic Relations' State Bank *Embassy of the Kazakhstan *Embassy of China

Gallery

File:Official visit of the President to Turkmenistan 07.jpg, A state welcoming ceremony on the square. File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (160).jpg, Ruhyýet Palace File:Turkmen Defense Ministry.jpeg, Ministry of Defense File:Official visit of the President to Turkmenistan 13.jpg,

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 ...

walking outside the Oguzkhan Presidential Palace and onto the square. File:Aliyev in Turkmenistan 09.jpg, Berdimuhamedow and

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in front of the Ceremony Field and Protocol Building.

References

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Development

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