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Turkmenistan
4,255 words, approx. 14 pages country of Central Asia. It is the second largest state in Central Asia, after Kazakhstan, and the southernmost of the region's five republics. The country is bordered by Kazakhstan on the northwest, Uzbekistan on the north and east, Afghanistan on the...
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Turkmenistan—Profile Summary
871 words, approx. 3 pages (2001 est. pop. 4.6 million). The Republic of Turkmenistan is located in southwest Central Asia. The nation shares an eastern border with Afghanistan, a northern border with Uzbekistan, a northwestern border with Kazakhstan, a southern border with...
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Clothing, Traditional—Turkmenistan Summary
677 words, approx. 2 pages Dress in Turkmenistan developed as a part of Central Asian costume, and the styles and design of clothing were similar to those in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Until the 1880s, traditional clothing had the same basic form—a long, loose, simple...
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Turkmenistan Information
3,237 words, approx. 11 pages
 Turkmenistan (Turkmen Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. The name Turkmenistan is derived from Persian, meaning "land of the Turkmen". The name of its capital, Ashgabat, derived from Persian as well, loosely...




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 The Economist (US)
Brain dead; Turkmenistan.(Education in Turkmenistan)
07/24/2004: 422 words, approx. 1 pages A catastrophic education policy IF YOU are a poor country in Central Asia, why sack your best-educated people? Earlier this year, the authorities in Turkmenistan said that they would do just that. From June, degrees obtained abroad since 1993 would not be...
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 The Texas Observer
Take that, Turkmenistan
12/01/2006: 916 words, approx. 3 pages We're Americans, so we like to be No. 1, right? Not only do we like to be-we expect to be. And since we are, by gollies, the Land of the Free, it's a given that in all things liberty-ish we are Numero Uno...
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 AP News
Turkmenistan remembers late leader
12/21/2007: 383 words, approx. 1 pages Tens of thousands of people on Friday marked the first anniversary of the death of longtime President Saparmurat Niyazov, laying flowers at monuments to the autocratic leader and streaming to his mausoleum.Niyazov, who crushed dissent in more than two decades at the helm of the...
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Turkmenistan sets election for Feb. 11
12/26/2006: 262 words, approx. 1 pages Turkmenistan's top legislative body on Tuesday set Feb. 11 as the date for elections to replace longtime authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died last week.The date was set by the country's People's Council, some 2,500 deputies who were either elected or appointed. The council also...


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