On September 17, 2016 in Ashgabat, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov participated in the solemn ceremony of the inauguration of the complex of the new International Airport, designed to become the main "air gates" of Turkmenistan. The opening ceremony was attended by the representatives of a number of international and regional organizations such as the International Air Transport Association, the Interstate Aviation Committee, the International Road Transport Union, and the Internati...

On September 16, 2016 Ashgabat hosted an international media forum organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dedicated to the first Global Conference on the Sustainable Transport. The forum was attended by foreign and domestic journalists, experts, representatives of relevant ministries and departments. In particular, representatives of a number of international news agencies and editions, such as TRT, IRNA, Euronews, The Tokyo Shimbun and others arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the fo...

The Constitutional Law on Approval of the new edition of the Constitution of Turkmenistan is adopted at the session of the Council of Elders held in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat. Adoption of the Constitutional Law has become a logical continuation of the Constitutional reform, initiated in the country, and aimed at further improvement of political system, stage-by-stage democratization of the state and society, in particular, envisaging political diversity and multiparty system. One of the i...

In Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan a session of the Council of Elders started its work. At the opening of the session the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech. In his speech the Head of Turkmen State presented a broad picture of the country’s achievements over 25 years of its independent development in political, social-economic, and humanitarian spheres, and assessed the current state of the country and society. Speaking about achievements in social and eco...

From 8 to 10 September 2016 the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Turkey organized in the district Sogut, Bilejik province of Turkey held an exhibition hall on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan and the declaration of 2016 as a “Year of honoring the Heritage and transforming the Motherland”. The event took place in the center of the district Sogut street Gokdepe (21.06.1994 on the basis of bilateral treaties "fraternal city" gave the name of the street...

His Excellency Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN President of the Republic of Turkey Your Excellency, My dear brother,    Accept my deep condolences over the terrorist attack in Gaziantep city that led to great loss of life and injuries. Turkmenistan vigorously condemns any act of terrorism and extremism and fully supports the efforts of the world community on combatting and eliminating this evil.  In this time of hardship, on behalf of the people and the Government of Turkmenistan, as well a...

Turkmenistan received with grave concern reports from the Republic of Turkey on the military coup attempt. In this regard President of Turkmenistan expressed support for Turkish people and State, as well as firm confidence in the stabilization of the situation in Turkey. The Head of State instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan to conduct ongoing monitoring of developments, and promptly inform the leadership of the country about the situation in Turkey, with which Turkmenist...