Turkmenistan

Basic facts about Turkmenistan

Internet searching tools (search engines, internet guides, etc.)

• Welcome to Turkmenistan Information Center Turkmenistan is important to world energy markets because it contains the world's third largest reserves of natural gas, with estimates of the country's
• US Department of State Background Note: Turkmenistan Basic facts about Turkmenistan: geography, population, history, economy, etc.
• Turkmenistan (an online introduction to Turkmenistan, with basic facts on its economy, defence, geography, government, history and people)
• U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Turkmenistan (an excellent starting point for learning about the country; includes facts-at-a-glance and sections on ethnicity, religion, and culture; early to modern history; geography, government, and the economy)
• The World Factbook - Turkmenistan (by CIA; covers geographical data, information on population, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues)
• Infoplease - Turkmenistan (basic data on geography, government and history plus basic statistics)
• Countrystudies.us-Turkmenistan

• REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies, Internet Resources at The University of Pittsburgh (search by entering "Turkmenistan")
• Google: Turkmenistan Turkmen language access to Google's general database!
• DMOZ Open Directory Project: Turkmenistan In English
• Selected Internet Resources: Turkmenistan from The Library of Congress (undergoing maintainance)
• Turkmenistan Chaihana Web links
• Eurasianet.org> Turkmenistan Turkmenistan resources page

• Less Commonly Taught Languages Database (provided by the University fo Minnesota; to receive a list of post-secondary institutions where Turkmen it is taught, enter "tajiki" under Language" or select it from a clickable language list)
• UCLA Language Materials: Teaching Resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages (select "Turkmen"; the site has separate searches for the list of printed reference resources and a list of academic institutions)

• Turkmen Research Educational Network Association
• Freedom of Association, Turkmenistan - Legislationline
• International Media Lawyers Association

Communications (incl. computer and Internet issues)

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• Turkmenistan Culture
• History & Culture
• Turkmen International Homepage This page is dedicated to Turkmen art and culture, including music, literature, and crafts. The page provides several electronic texts and books, a collection of Turkmen links and much more
• Culture and Carpets in Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan:Culture The father of Turkmen literature is poet and thinker Fragi Makhtumkuli (1770-1840), whose words are held in greater reverence than even those of the Koran
• STANTOURS - Turkmenistan - Culture and Adventure
• TURKMENISTAN: All Interesting Facts and Information
• Turkmenistan culture (by advantour)

Current events and media

• The New York Times - Turkmenistan
• EurasiaNet
• Topix.net - Turkmenistan News
• Turkmenistan News
• ABYZ News Links - Turkmenistan Links to national and local news media, including broadcast, internet, press agencies, newspapers and magazines
• Turkmenistan Newspapers and News Sites

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• IMF - Turkmenistan and the IMF Provides news, statistics, Public Information Notices and other reports, financial position in the Fund and transactions
• World Bank Group - Turkmenistan
• Country Commercial Guides 1999 commercial guide to Turkmenistan from the US Department of State
• Department of State Commercial Guide
• MBendi - Turkmenistan Country profile from a business and economic perspective plus a map, business directory, and industry sector and investment information

• Ashgabat International School Details and history of this private English language school

• Turkmenistan Geography
• Turkmenistan Airlines Information
• Turkmenistan Maps (from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin; the page lists dozens of maps of various formats; includes links to other Tajikistan map sites)
• Consular Information Sheet Travel advisories for visitors to Turkmenistan

• Ruhnama Official government website
• Governments on the WWW: Turkmenistan (a collection of links related to the government of the country)
• EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN, Washington DC USA index

Grants

(To find more grant giving organizations please visit the general resource page section Grants)

• Turkmenistan Project Grants
• Turkmenistan - The Small Grants Program

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Health and fitness (incl. medicine, sports, etc.)

• World Health Organization: Country Infomation - Turkmenistan (the page contains basic statistics and WHO reports on health and the health care system in Turkmenistan)
• Red Cross Red Crescent: Field Operations in Turkmenistan (the page contains the Society's contact information, profile and news)

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• World History Archives : the History of Turkmenistan (a database that contains documents on the political, economic, social and cultural history of the country)
• A Brief Outline to the Archaeological Pre-History of Turkmenistan
• The economic history of Turkmenistan
• Jewish History in Turkmenistan
• Articles on Turkmenistan History Articles on Turkmenistan History. ... Falconry in Turkmen Steppes: Tradition of Thousand Years ... Impact of Turkmen Mounted Archers on Modern Warfare

• SEELRC: Turkmen Webliography
• Ethnologue: report for Turkmenistan (brief sociolinguistic descriptions of languages of Turkmenistan)
• UCLA Language Materials: Teaching Resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages (select "Turkmen"; the site has separate searches for the list of printed reference resources and a list of academic institutions with the Turkmen studies program)
• Turkmen language Resourses
• Turkmen language and culture Article 13 The state language of Turkmenistan shall be the Turkmen language

• Guide to Law Online: Turkmenistan (a resource guide from the Law Library of Congress; lists WWW resources on the country's constitution, its executive, judicial and legislative branches, as well as legal guides and general sources)
• Wash Law - Legal Research Web from Washburn University

• Turkmenistan LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS The National Library of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat holds 5.5 million volumes and is the largest in the country. The Republican Scientific and Technical ...
  

Literature

• Ethnologue Contains entire text of original printed volumes
• Turkmen literature

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People (biography)

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Politics (incl. international relations, military affairs and US policies)

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• Religion in Turkmenistan - History and Structure
• Turkmenistan - Religion
• Religion in Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan-Islam and Middle East Archaeological Pre-History of Turkmenistan - Addresses questions about original inhabitants of ... Religion in Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan: A Central Asian State without Religious Extremism
• EIN News: Turkmenistan Religion News

• Energy Information Administration Turkmenistan Energy Profile

• Human Rights in Turkmenistan Amnesty International Report 2008
• Human Rights Watch: Turkmenistan

• UNICEF Statistics: Turkmenistan (basic children-related statistics)
• Knowledge Net: Turkmenistan- Statistics