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    Turkmenistan is a Central Asian country located north of the Karakum Desert, which covers most of the country. It was formerly part of the Soviet Union and gained independence in 1991. Turkmenistan possesses the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas and is predominantly Muslim, though it restricts religious and political freedoms. The current president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, has attempted to reform some policies while maintaining a repressive government.

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    Turkmenistan is a Central Asian country located north of the Karakum Desert, which covers most of the country. It was formerly part of the Soviet Union and gained independence in 1991. Turkmenistan possesses the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas and is predominantly Muslim, though it restricts religious and political freedoms. The current president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, has attempted to reform some policies while maintaining a repressive government.

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    Turkmenistan is a Central Asian country located north of the Karakum Desert, which covers most of the country. It was formerly part of the Soviet Union and gained independence in 1991. Turkmenistan possesses the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas and is predominantly Muslim, though it restricts religious and political freedoms. The current president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, has attempted to reform some policies while maintaining a repressive government.

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    Turkmenistan is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia.

    Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR).

    Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states.

    It possesses the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas resources. Although it is wealthy in natural resources in certain areas, most of the country is covered by the Karakum (Black Sand) Desert.

    It is one of the driest deserts in the world, some places have an average annual precipitation of only 12 mm (0.47 in). The highest temperature recorded in Ashgabat is 48.0 C

    Religion
    Muslims: 89% of the population Followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church: 9% of the population Non-religious: 2% of the population

    rtogrul Gazy Mosque in Ashgabat

    In an election on 11 February 2007, Berdimuhamedow was elected president with 89% of the vote and 95% turnout. He was sworn in on 14 February 2007.

    President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, repealed some of his processor's most idiosyncratic policies
    banning opera and the circus increased basic education to ten years from nine years higher education had been extended from four years to five increased contacts with the West

    head of state

    President
    head of government

    New Constitution

    abolition of the Council increase in the size of Parliament formation of multiple political parties

    Only one effectively permitted to operate

    Political gatherings are illegal unless government sanctioned.

    Human rights
    Turkmenistan has been widely criticised for human rights abuses and has imposed severe restrictions on foreign travel for its citizens.

    Turkmenistan had the 3rd worst press freedom conditions in the world, behind North Korea and Burma.

    One of the "10 Most Censored Countries".


    Discrimination against the country's ethnic minorities remain in practice. Universities have been encouraged to reject applicants with non-Turkmen surnames, especially ethnic Russians It is forbidden to teach the customs and language of the Baloch, an ethnic minority.

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