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Turkmenistan (/tɜːrkˈmɛnɪstæn/ (About this soundlisten) or /tɜːrkmɛnɪˈstɑːn/ (About this soundlisten); Turkmen: Türkmenistan, pronounced [tyɾkmeniˈθtɑn]), formerly known as Turkmenia, officially the Republic of Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city. The population of the country is 5.6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics.

Turkmenistan has been at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. In medieval times, Merv was one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an important stop on the Silk Road, a caravan route used for trade with China until the mid-15th century. Annexed by the Russian Empire in 1881, Turkmenistan later figured prominently in the anti-Bolshevik movement in Central Asia. In 1925, Turkmenistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR); it became independent upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has been the President of Turkmenistan since 1 December 2011 after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov. He previously was from 17 December 2010 to 1 December 2011, having also been Prime Minister from 29 March 2007 until 28 November 2007. He also served as Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan from 30 July 1999 to 23 September 2011.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow was born in 1957 in Babarab, Ahal Region. He received his degree in dentistry while studying at the Turkmen State Medical Institute.

Berdimuhamedow has five children from his marriage to his first wife, three daughters, and a son. He is now married to his long-term Russian-mistress.

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