achaemenid empire afghanistan africa african union afshar language agriculture in turkmenistan ahal province akhal-teke albania alexander the great algeria altai republic altay language altay people amu darya arab arab league arabic alphabet area armenia armenians ashgabat asia azerbaijan azerbaijani language azerbaijani people bbc bahrain balkan province balkanabat balkars bangladesh baraba language bashkir language bashkirs bashkortostan belarus benin bhutan bosnia and herzegovina british empire brunei bulgar language bulgars burma california cambodia cameroon caspian sea central african republic central asia central asian union central intelligence agency chad chagatai language chulym language chulyms chuvash language chuvash people chuvashia coat of arms of turkmenistan common era commonwealth of independent states communism communist party of the soviet union comoros constitution of turkmenistan coordinated universal time cotton country code top-level domain crimea crimean karaites crimean tatar language crimean tatars cruel and unusual punishment cult of personality culture of turkmenistan cuman language cumans currency cyprus cyprus dispute daylight saving time debt democratic party of turkmenistan demographics of turkmenistan demonym dependent territory districts of turkmenistan djibouti dolgan language dolgans economic cooperation organization economy of turkmenistan egypt electricity emirate of bukhara eurasian avars europe export federal subjects of russia finnish tatars flag of turkmenistan foreign relations of turkmenistan freedom of movement freedom of religion freedom of the press gabon gagauz language gagauz people gagauzia gazprom genghis khan geography of turkmenistan global witness government greater khorasan gross domestic product guinea guinea-bissau gurbanguly berdimuhammedow guyana hard currency head of government head of state history of turkmenistan history of the turkic peoples human development index human rights human rights in turkmenistan hunnic language ili turki language india indonesia iran iraq iraqi turkmen islam islam in turkmenistan israel japan jordan kabardino-balkaria karachay-balkar language karachay-cherkessia karachays karaim language karakalpak language karakalpaks karakalpakstan karakum desert karapapak kazakh language kazakhs kazakhstan khakas khakas language khakassia khalaj language khalaj people khazar language khazars khorasani turkic language khwarezm kimek kipchak language kipchaks kopet dag koryo-saram kosovo krymchak language krymchaks kumyk language kumyks kuwait kypchak languages kyrgyz kyrgyz language kyrgyzstan laos latin alphabet lebanon lebap province libya lipka tatars list of asian countries list of turkic states and empires list of countries spanning more than one continent list of country calling codes magtymguly pyragy malaysia maldives mali mangyshlak peninsula mary province mauritania merv meskhetian turks middle east military of turkmenistan moldova mongolia moro national liberation front morocco mountain range mozambique music of turkmenistan muslim nakhchivan national anthem natural gas nepal niger nigeria nogai language nogais nokhur nomadic empire non-aligned movement north korea northern cyprus oceania october revolution official language oghuz turks old tatar language old turkic old turkic script oman open directory project ottoman turkish language pakistan palestinian national authority pan-turkism parliamentary republic parthia pecheneg language per capita persian language philippines political status of taiwan politics of russia politics of turkmenistan population population density poverty president for life president of turkmenistan presidential system privatization proto-turkic language provinces of turkmenistan public ownership purchasing power parity qashqai qashqai language qatar reporters without borders republic republic of macedonia republics of the soviet union right- and left-hand traffic right to education right to work russia russian empire russian language russians sakha republic sakha language salar salar language salt saparmurat niyazov saudi arabia scouting in turkmenistan seljuq dynasty senegal shor language siberian tatars sierra leone silk road singapore single-party state social equality somalia south asia south korea soviet union spain sri lanka subtropics sudan suriname syria syrian turkmen tajikistan tatar language tatars tatarstan telengit teleuts thailand the great game the new yorker time zone tofa language tofalar togo tradition transport in turkmenistan tunisia turan depression turanism turkey turkic turkic languages turkic peoples turkish cypriots turkish language turkish people turkmen language turkmen people turkology tuva tuvan language tuvans uganda ukraine united arab emirates united nations urum language uyghur language uyghur people uzbek language uzbekistan uzbeks vietnam volga tatars water western world wikitravel xinjiang yakuts yemen yomut carpet yugur