The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published a report titled The Abuse of Extremism Laws in Central Asia. It highlights how Central Asian states including Turkmenistan misuse...
Date: 29 November 2024 View and Download Report: Turkmenistan – CESCR – Gender Equality– February 2025, PDF Country: Turkmenistan Issues: Family Planning, Sexuality Education, Bodily Autonomy, Virginity...
The IMF report “A Confidence-Financial Inclusion Nexus in the Caucasus and Central Asia?” explores the link between public confidence in macro-financial stability and financial inclusion in the Caucasus and...
The latest Transition Report (2024-25) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Turkmenistan reveals some changes compared to the previous year’s report (2023-24). EBRD highlighted three...
The Global Firepower (GFP) ranking evaluates 145 countries based on over 60 factors, including military capacity, financial resources, logistics, natural resources, and geography. The ranking balances smaller...
During a presentation at an international conference on Eurasian studies, where I discussed Turkmenistan’s media landscape, I was asked a thought-provoking question: what is the significance of the ritual ýüzüňe sylmak...
Climate change and reduced water inflow from Volga River have caused the Caspian Sea level to drop by more than two meters since the mid-1990s. This article presents key points raised in the recent articles by Clément...
Date: 29 November 2024 View and Download Report: Turkmenistan – CESCR – Women’s Rights – February 2025, PDF Country: Turkmenistan Issues: Gender based Violence, Women’s Rights, Access to Safe...
On December 17, 2024 the State Statistics Committee of Turkmenistan finally published the detailed results of the complete population and housing census of 2022. It includes 11 chapters with graphical images that...
December 2024: Palaw Preparation Costs Increased by 2.9%. In December 2024, the average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, rose to 61.7 Turkmen manat, reflecting a 2.9% increase from 60.0 manat in...
