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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan and Iran on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq. The deal ...
The name of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistan) can be divided into two components: the ethnonym Türkmen and the Persian suffix -stan meaning "place of" or "country".The name "Turkmen" comes from Turk, plus the Sogdian suffix -men, meaning "almost Turk", in reference to their status outside the Turkic dynastic mythological system.
Which municipalities are categorized as "cities" is established by law in Turkmenistan. Cities fall into three categories: one city equivalent to a province (the capital city, Ashgabat), cities "equivalent to a district" (Turkmen: etrap hukukly), and cities "in a district" (Turkmen: etrapdaky). By law cities equivalent to a district must have a ...
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo at their meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Oct. 11, 2024.
The only domestic news agency is the State News Agency of Turkmenistan. The Anadolu Agency of Turkey maintains an office in Ashgabat , and TRT has a representative there. Agence France Press , Associated Press , Reuters , and ITAR-TASS receive reports from stringers . 57 correspondents of foreign media, accredited by the Ministry of Foreign ...
The president of Turkmenistan on Thursday officially inaugurated a vast, multibillion-dollar development hailed as the country's first “smart city” and named after the president's father, who ...
Ashgabat was the host of the 2018 IWF World Weightlifting Championships and 2023 World Kurash Championships. [289] The city's professional football clubs Altyn Asyr FK, FC Aşgabat and FK Köpetdag Aşgabat play in the Ýokary Liga, the top league of Turkmenistan. Ashgabat is home to several professional ice hockey teams.
There are plans to launch express passenger rail service on the Arkadag-Ashgabat route with a speed of up to 140 km/hour. [53] The travel time of the electric train from Ashgabat to Arkadag will be 18 minutes. [54] It is expected that the project will be implemented by Russian Railways. [55] A high-speed railroad also is planned from Arkadag to ...