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The Development Potential of Turkmen Diasporas

Many Turkmens who live abroad are afraid to connect with other Turkmens. They would rather not reveal where they are from or become friends with Uzbek or Kyrgyz nationals than build a community of Turkmens. I have lived...

Our unfree news

In the recent months several Turkmen news outlets have become more visible in Turkmenistan. The journalists of Atavatan Turkmenistan and Salamnews have had interviews with the US Ambassador to Turkmenistan in April 2022...

When will we be free to travel?

5 reasons for the government of Turkmenistan to stop fearing the freedom of movement. International travel stopped in Turkmenistan in March 2020 and the country closed its borders for all means of transportation...

This is not what democracy looks like

Turkmenistan will hold presidential elections on March 12, 2022. This was announced on February 11, 2022 during the meeting of the upper house of parliament. After 15 years in power President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov...

Where are Turkmens moving to?

From 1990-2017 over 1.6 million citizens of Turkmenistan decided to move and settle abroad. While majority moved in search of better opportunities, some were forced to relocate due to prosecution and fear. In 1990s...