President of Turkmenistan arrived to the Republic of Turkey on a working visit

On August 6, 2015 in the afternoon, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived to the Republic of Turkey on the working visit. 

Turkmenistan became a member state of the IAEA

On September 14, 2015 in Vienna, member States of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution on approval of Turkmenistan to the member of the IAEA during the 59th session of the General conference of this Organization. The member States of the IAEA commended Turkmenistan's commitment to principles of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world, including in the region of Central Asia.

General information

General information September 27 is marked in Turkmenistan as the Independence Day. On December 12, 1995, Turkmenistan was recognized as a permanently neutral State by the resolution of the UN General Assembly with the unanimous support of 185 member States. At present Turkmenistan has established diplomatic relations with 154 countries. Turkmenistan is a democratic, law-based, secular State. Form of government – Presidential republic. The political structure of the Turkmen...

Foreign policy

Foreign policy is based on the Constitution, the Constitutional Act on the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan, Foreign policy concept of Turkmenistan as a neutral state, other legislative acts. Turkmenistan's foreign policy is a logical extension of domestic policy and is determined by the international legal status of permanent neutrality, recognized by the United Nations. The main objectives of Turkmenistan's foreign policy are: - The preservation and strengthening of the state...

Economy

The development of the economy of Turkmenistan is carried out based on the national and state programs designed for the short and long-term periods. Today, Turkmenistan has a diversified, multifunctional economy  represented by enterprises of the electric power industry, chemical, petrochemical industries, oil and gas production, oil refining industries, mechanical engineering and metal-processing, facilities for the production of building materials, light and food industries. Macroecono...

Awaza National Tourist Zone

In June 2009, the opening ceremony of the first facilities of the AvazaNational Tourist Zone took place on the Caspian coast. The “Avaza” project initiated by President of Turkmenistan occupies a special place in the strategic plans of the country over the next decade and, therefore, is dedicated to accumulate all of the most advanced achievements of world architecture, engineering, technical design and creative ideas. Currently, the cost of constructed facilities here is more than 1...

Social sphere

Transition to market relations in Turkmenistan is being carried out in the framework of the state policy that ensures the population’s social security. The country’s policy of radical social changes is aimed at the provision of the high living standard of the population. “The State is for People!” is the main slogan and the basic doctrine of the ongoing reforms in Turkmenistan. Currently, hundreds of modern hospitals, clinics, higher educational institutions, schools, kin...

Healthcare

Turkmenistan has reformed and developed the field of national healthcare, giving it a status of the multipurpose system of social protection.   An important part of public health policy is to consistently implement a strategy to reduce the morbidity of the population. Turkmenistan ranks first in carrying out immunization activities, occupying a leading position in the region in terms of availability of vaccines and immunization. In Turkmenistan, the vaccination is free. Hib-vaccinatio...

Education

In Turkmenistan large-scale work is under way in order to modernize the national educational system, develop university science and raise it to the level of the developed states. Science and education are what the people accumulated for thousands of years and passed it down from generation to generation, this is our priceless heritage, the President noted. The “Law on Education” was adopted in the framework of the large scale support given by the state. The intensive constructi...

Science

In accordance with the fundamental transformations taking place under the leadership of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, in the academic research centers of the country, higher educational institutions, in scientific and technological, scientific and clinical, research and design centers, in experimental production laboratories, interdepartmental organizations and specialized entities, a new generation of scientists engaged in fundamental research in various fields has be...