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07.02.2024
Turkmenistan faces 'parallel reality' media landscape

[…] To keep information from the outside world hidden from its citizens, Turkmenistan, one of the world's most closed and isolated countries, exercises almost total control over the internet. … President Serdar Berdymukhamedov last month announced his intention to "strengthen the country's cybersecurity."

Source: VOA News
26.03.2023
Turkmenistan parliament polls close after controlled vote

Gas-rich Turkmenistan held the first parliamentary polls Sunday since the ruling family tightened its iron grip on the Central Asian nation that does not tolerate political dissent or a free press.

Source: VOA News
12.03.2022
Turkmen public-sector workers ordered to 'vote for incumbent's son'

Turkmen public-sector workers and their families in a southeastern district have been ordered to participate in early presidential voting and cast their ballots for the son of the current president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.

Source: RFE/RL
15.02.2022
Transition process finally gets underway

The presidential election on March 12 will see the current leader's son ushered into office.

Source: EurasiaNet
13.01.2022
Internet in Turkmenistan faces further restrictions

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has ordered the National Security Ministry to impose further controls on the Internet in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation, which is already known for having the world's slowest and most expensive service.

Source: RFE/RL
12.01.2022
Turkmenistan increases controls on its people after unrest in Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan has increased its control over the lives of its people after the recent unrest in Kazakhstan, deploying police in residential areas and randomly checking people’s phones.

Source: RFE/RL
29.03.2021
Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader wins senate seat with '100 percent' of vote

Turkmenistan’s authoritarian leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has been elected as a member of a newly established senate, in a vote in which there was no opposition and only indirect suffrage.

Source: RFE/RL
01.12.2020
Turkmenistan, now with Soviet-style deficits, on brink of explosion

[…] But multiple reports over the last few days suggest Turkmenistan is fast descending into an economic crisis that makes its continued socio-political stability ever less likely. Moreover, this Central Asian country now has an opposition based abroad that is increasingly capable of providing leadership to local Turkmenistanis infuriated by the domestic situation they find themselves in as a result of the authorities’ oppressive policies.

Source: The Jamestown Foundation / Eurasia Daily Monitor
15.07.2019
Hyperinflation and hunger: Turkmenistan on 'edge of catastrophe'

Gas-rich Turkmenistan facing worst economic crisis in 30 years, coupled with rights concerns, UK think-tank reports.

Source: Al Jazeera
06.07.2019
EU foreign policy chief holds talks with Turkmen officials amid rights concerns
Source: RFE/RL