Talk:Turkmenistan

Single Party State

Since the new constitution does allow for multi party politics isn't it inaccurate to list the country as a single party state?

Politics section

Shouldn't the politics section be in chronological order starting with the oldest history and ending with today's news? Cs302b (talk) 08:25, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

article vandalized

This article has been vandalized at the beginning. I don't have the expertise to put in the correct information. Stenik (talk) 21:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

photo of Berdymuhamedov?

...or however you spell his name. I just looked on the commons and nobody has a non-copyvio pic of him--can we try and get one? He's becoming a rather important figure...K. Lásztocska 18:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Raions?

Is there any merit to THIS MAP showing valid subdivisions below the provinces of Turkmenistan? Rarelibra 14:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC). I think it would be very useful to add this to the article on Districts of Turkmenistan, although you should note that these second-level sub-divisions are now called etraplar instead of the Russian word raions. Rif Winfield (talk) 11:19, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Indus?

There is no mention of the indus civilization which also had colonies in Turkmenistan.-Vmrgrsergr 17:47, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

According to the CIA Factbook - Turkmenistan is our largest export partner - 22% of US manufactured goods(at least for one year). I suspect oil related. There economy should pickup as soon as we can clear a road/pipeline to the fields - just over the mountain from Afghanistan and Iran - keep hearing those names.159.105.80.141 (talk) 14:40, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Press freedom and human rights

Could someone please provide citations for this section - I find it unfair that negative comments can be allowed to stand un-proven for years on end. 87.102.86.73 (talk) 14:35, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Symbols in Flag

I'm guessing the five symbols on the flag represent the five provinces. Does anyone know for sure? If so, this belongs in the article somewhere.--MiguelMunoz (talk) 21:42, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Also known as Turkmenia??

Never heard it refered to as this. Turkmenistan is the only name I've heard used and anyone who can find it on a map knows it is one of the 'stans' in that region. If Turkmenia is used in some back water of the USA or somewhere then provide a source to show it.--Xania ^talk 18:46, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

>> Turkmenistan is referred to as Turkmenia by Turkmens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.101.188 (talk) 16:46, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

In USSR we all called it Turkmenia. In Russia we actually still can't get used to the new name Turkmenistan. Blondie was born here. Demo people have recently become enraged and taken over the country because the local government was trying to teach them how to read. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.197.163.1 (talk) 12:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

This reminds me of the usage of Czechia. Uzbekia, Kazakhia and Kirghizia are sparsely used according to Google (although Tajikia isn't), so Turkmenia isn't too surprising. Language-wise, "ia" probably makes more sense to us English speakers (e.g. Germania) than "-stan." --Mrdie (talk) 21:51, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

White House photo

The photo supposed to be the Turkmen Majlis is in fact the American White House. Guess it's a little joke but should be changed back quickly! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.78.50.74 (talk) 09:56, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Total Population?

What is the current population of Turkmenistan? If it's mentioned in the article I don't see it.Lily20 (talk) 20:35, 10 March 2010 (UTC) Nevermind, I found it.Lily20 (talk) 21:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Discussion on the usage of "Turkmen" and "Turkmenistani" on categories and templates

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries#Turkmen or Turkmenistani? for further discussion. Thanks. Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 09:11, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

The sentence bottom of the Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque

Ertuğrul Gazi is not the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Osman Gazi is the founder, but the sentence states that both of them are founders of the Ottoman Empire. I am changing it into just Osman Gazi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.253.58.113 (talk) 15:23, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Islam missionary

It is stated in the article: "Islam came to the Turkmen primarily through missionary activities. Missionaries were holy men and they often were adopted as patriarchs of particular clans or tribal groups, thereby becoming their "founders." Reformulation of communal identity around such figures accounts for one of the highly localized developments of Islamic practice in Turkmenistan."

Is there any reference on this? What are the founders? and who are they? Asd1815 (talk) 23:43, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Türkmen in black

I guess the denomination of 'türkmen in black', used twice in this article, is some kind of joke... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.136.71.73 (talk) 15:52, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Please fix: ....An atypical lazy hyperlink.

Turkmenistan says in the Lede section:
"Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states" ....with Turkic states as a hyperlink. (A typical lazy hyperlink.)

But it's worse than a typical lazy hyperlink. It's not defined in the lead section, nor quickly (if at all) defined. Please correct.

Lazy hyperlinking is when hyperlinking is used as a poor, or awkward replacement for actual, thoughtful in-context English prose. ..typically reads as painfully distracting or pedantic.

pedant Main Entry: ped·ant
noun
2b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
--68.127.91.226 (talk) 23:18, 16 August 2011 (UTC)Doug Bashford

Population - is it accurate?

Hi

The total population given in the Infobox is 5.1 million (in 2009). This cannot be right because in the Turkmenistan#Administrative divisions page, the provincial subdivision populations are as follows (albeit 2005 figures):

• Ahal 871500
• Ashgabat (city) 939700
• Balkan 553500
• Dasoguz 1370400
• Lebap 1334500
• Mary 1480400

Total was 6550000 (6.55 million) in 2005. Could Turkmenistan have lost 1.4 million people in 4 years? Was Ashgabat or Ahal excluded from the total? best, Sunil060902 (talk) 10:24, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

According to the CIA Factbook, the population of the state is 5,054,828 (July 2012 est.). Alex2006 (talk) 11:05, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Is that accurate? That's still 1.5 million less than the province totals in 2005. best, 188.221.129.72 (talk) 09:53, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

anthem box

since an anthem is high importance the anthem box should be re-added(allot of other countries have them)philpm930Philpm930 (talk) 02:12, 22 April 2012 (UTC)