Some sources say it was formed in 1971 and was set alight immediately by Soviet geologists, but Turkmenistan geologists claim it formed in the ’60s and wasn’t ignited until the 1980s.

In 1997 Ashgabat faced an existential crisis when Russia’s Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin abruptly ordered state-owned Gazprom to shut down Turkmenistan’s gas exports via the Soviet-era ...

Evacuated to Ashkabad in the Soviet republic of Turkmenistan, he became known as a talented poet, but by the time he received his graduate degree in mathematics in 1949, he had also immersed ...

No election in post-Soviet Turkmenistan has been considered genuinely competitive. While eight candidates ran against Berdymukhamedov in the last election in 2017, all expressed support for his ...

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The commencement of gas supply from Turkmenistan to Türkiye on March 1 is expected to enhance Türkiye's energy security and ...

This is the seventh Olympic Games that Turkmenistan has competed in as its own independent nation. Prior to 1996, Turkmen athletes competed on teams with the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the ...