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The following [[Outline (list)|outline]] is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkmenistan:

'''Turkmenistan''' is a [[Earth:List of sovereign states|sovereign]] Turkic country located in [[Place:Central Asia|Central Asia]].<ref name=CIA_World_Factbook>{{cite web|date=July 2, 2009|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkmenistan/|title=Turkmenistan|work=The World Factbook|publisher={{wipe|United States}} Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=July 23, 2009}}</ref>  The name Turkmenistan is derived from [[Social:Persian language|Persian]], meaning "land of the Turkmen". The name of its capital, [[Place:Ashgabat|Ashgabat]], derived from Persian as well, loosely translating as "the city of love". Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]], the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the southeast, [[Religion:Iran|Iran]] to the southwest, Uzbekistan to the northeast, Kazakhstan to the northwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.

Although it is wealthy in natural resources in certain areas, most of the country is covered by the [[Earth:Karakum Desert|Karakum (Black Sands) Desert]]. It has a [[Social:One-party state|one-party system]], though other parties exist.  The country  was ruled by President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov until his death on 21 December 2006. Presidential elections were held on 11 February 2007. Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow was declared the winner with 89% of the vote. He was sworn in on 14 February 2007, and has been re-elected twice since, in 2012 and 2017.


==General reference==
[[Image:Turkmenistan 1994 CIA map.jpg|thumb|An enlargeable relief map of Turkmenistan]]
*[[International Phonetic Alphabet|Pronunciation]]:
*Common English country name:  Turkmenistan
*Official English country name:  Turkmenistan
*Common endonym(s): Türkmenistan 
*Official endonym(s): Türkmenistan 
*Adjectival(s): Turkmen
*Demonym(s):
*International rankings of Turkmenistan
*ISO country codes:  TM, TKM, 795
*ISO region codes:  See [[ISO 3166-2:TM|TM]]
*[[Internet]] [[Country code top-level domain|country code top-level domain]]:  .tm

==Geography of Turkmenistan==
[[Image:Turkmenistan Topography.png|thumb|An enlargeable topographic map of Turkmenistan]]

Geography of Turkmenistan
*Turkmenistan is: a [[Earth:Landlocked country|landlocked country]]
*Location:
**[[Earth:Northern Hemisphere|Northern Hemisphere]] and [[Earth:Eastern Hemisphere|Eastern Hemisphere]]
**[[Earth:Eurasia|Eurasia]]
***[[Earth:Asia|Asia]]
****[[Place:Central Asia|Central Asia]]
**[[Time zone]]:  UTC+05
**Extreme points of Turkmenistan
***High:  Aýrybaba {{convert|3139|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
***Low:  Akjagaýa çöketligi {{convert|-81|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
**Land boundaries:  3,736&nbsp;km
::{{Flag|Uzbekistan}} 1,621 km
::{{Flag|Iran}} 992 km
::{{Flag|Afghanistan}} 744 km
::{{Flag|Kazakhstan}} 379 km
:*Coastline:  ''none''<ref name=Paratethys>Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea, a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea.</ref>
*Population of Turkmenistan: 5,240,000 (July 2013, UN estimate)&nbsp;– 117th most populous country
*Area of Turkmenistan: 488,100&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;– 53rd by total area
*Atlas of Turkmenistan

===Environment of Turkmenistan===
[[Image:Turkmenistan satellite photo.jpg|thumb|An enlargeable satellite image of Turkmenistan]]

Environment of Turkmenistan
*Climate of Turkmenistan
*Environmental issues in Turkmenistan
*Protected areas of Turkmenistan
*Wildlife of Turkmenistan
**Fauna of Turkmenistan
***Birds of Turkmenistan
***Mammals of Turkmenistan

====Natural geographic features of Turkmenistan====

*Glaciers of Turkmenistan: None
*Islands of Turkmenistan: None
*Lakes of Turkmenistan
*Mountains of Turkmenistan
**Volcanoes in Turkmenistan: None
*Rivers of Turkmenistan
*List of World Heritage Sites in Turkmenistan

===Regions of Turkmenistan===

Regions of Turkmenistan

====Ecoregions of Turkmenistan====

====Administrative divisions of Turkmenistan====

Administrative divisions of Turkmenistan
*Provinces of Turkmenistan
**Districts of Turkmenistan

=====Provinces of Turkmenistan=====

Provinces of Turkmenistan
*Aşgabat
*Ahal Province
*Balkan Province
*Daşoguz Province
*Lebap Province
*Mary Province

=====Districts of Turkmenistan=====

Districts of Turkmenistan
The provinces of Turkmenistan are divided into  districts, which may be either counties or cities.

===Demography of Turkmenistan===

Demographics of Turkmenistan

==Government and politics of Turkmenistan==

Politics of Turkmenistan
*Form of government: Presidential republic
*Capital of Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
*Elections in Turkmenistan
*Political parties in Turkmenistan

===Branches of government of Turkmenistan===

Government of Turkmenistan

====Executive branch of Turkmenistan====
*[[Social:Head of state|Head of state]]: President of Turkmenistan,Serdar Berdimuhamedov
*[[Social:Head of government|Head of government]]: President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov

====Legislative branch of Turkmenistan====

*Parliament of Turkmenistan (bicameral per 2020 constitutional amendment)
**Upper house: Halk Maslahaty
**Lower house: Mejlis

====Judicial branch of Turkmenistan====

Court system of Turkmenistan
*Supreme Court of Turkmenistan

===Foreign relations of Turkmenistan===

Foreign relations of Turkmenistan
*Diplomatic missions in Turkmenistan
*Diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan

====International organization membership====

International organization membership of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a member of:<ref name=CIA_World_Factbook/>
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*Asian Development Bank (ADB)
*Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
*[[Organization:Economic Cooperation Organization|Economic Cooperation Organization]] (ECO)
*Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
*[[Organization:European Bank for Reconstruction and Development|European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (EBRD)
*Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
*[[Organization:Group of 77|Group of 77]] (G77)
*[[Organization:International Bank for Reconstruction and Development|International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (IBRD)
*International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
*International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
*[[Organization:International Development Association|International Development Association]] (IDA)
*International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
*[[Organization:International Finance Corporation|International Finance Corporation]] (IFC)
*International Labour Organization (ILO)
*International Maritime Organization (IMO)
*[[Organization:International Monetary Fund|International Monetary Fund]] (IMF)
*International Olympic Committee (IOC)
*International Organization for Migration (IOM) (observer)
*[[Organization:International Organization for Standardization|International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) (correspondent)
*International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
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*[[Organization:International Telecommunication Union|International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU)
*Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
*[[Organization:Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency|Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency]] (MIGA)
*Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
*[[Organization:Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] (OIC)
*Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
*Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
*Partnership for Peace (PFP)
*Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) (guest)
*{{wipe|United Nations}} (UN)
*[[Organization:United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] (UNCTAD)
*United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
*United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
*[[Organization:Universal Postal Union|Universal Postal Union]] (UPU)
*World Customs Organization (WCO)
*World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
*[[Organization:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] (WHO)
*[[Organization:World Intellectual Property Organization|World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO)
*[[Organization:World Meteorological Organization|World Meteorological Organization]] (WMO)
*World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
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===Law and order in Turkmenistan===

Law of Turkmenistan
*Capital punishment in Turkmenistan
*Constitution of Turkmenistan
*Human rights in Turkmenistan
**LGBT rights in Turkmenistan
**Freedom of religion in Turkmenistan
*Law enforcement in Turkmenistan
**Corruption in Turkmenistan
**Human trafficking in Turkmenistan
**Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan)
**Polygamy in Turkmenistan
**Prostitution in Turkmenistan
*Supreme Court of Turkmenistan
*Turkmen nationality law

===Military of Turkmenistan===

Military of Turkmenistan
*Command
**[[Social:Commander-in-chief|Commander-in-chief]]:President of Turkmenistan
*Forces
*Armed Forces of Turkmenistan
*Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)
*Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan)
*State Border Service of Turkmenistan
*State Security Council of Turkmenistan
*{{wipe|Turkmen Air Force}}
*Turkmen Ground Forces
*Turkmen Internal Troops
*Turkmen National Guard
*Turkmen Naval Forces

===Local government in Turkmenistan===

Local government in Turkmenistan

==History of Turkmenistan==

History of Turkmenistan

==Culture of Turkmenistan==

Culture of Turkmenistan
*Cuisine of Turkmenistan
*Languages of Turkmenistan
*Media in Turkmenistan
*National symbols of Turkmenistan
**Coat of arms of Turkmenistan
**Flag of Turkmenistan
**National anthem of Turkmenistan
*People of Turkmenistan
*Prostitution in Turkmenistan
*Public holidays in Turkmenistan
*Religion in Turkmenistan
**Buddhism in Turkmenistan
**Christianity in Turkmenistan
**Islam in Turkmenistan
*List of World Heritage Sites in Turkmenistan

===Art and Culture in Turkmenistan===
*Cinema of Turkmenistan
*Music of Turkmenistan
*Television in Turkmenistan
*Turkmen carpet
*Turkmen cuisine
*[[Social:Turkmen language|Turkmen language]]
*Turkmen literature

===Sports in Turkmenistan===

*Football in Turkmenistan
**Turkmenistan national football team
*Ice hockey in Turkmenistan
**Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team
*Turkmenistan at the Olympics

==Economy and infrastructure of Turkmenistan==

Economy of Turkmenistan
*[[Finance:List of countries by GDP (nominal)|Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007)]]: 83rd (eighty-third)
*Agriculture in Turkmenistan
*Communications in Turkmenistan
**Internet in Turkmenistan
*Companies of Turkmenistan
*[[Finance:Currency|Currency of Turkmenistan]]: Manat
**[[ISO 4217]]: TMT
*Energy in Turkmenistan
*Health care in Turkmenistan
*Tourism in Turkmenistan
*Transport in Turkmenistan
**Airports in Turkmenistan
**Rail transport in Turkmenistan

==Education in Turkmenistan==

Education in Turkmenistan

==Health in Turkmenistan==

Health in Turkmenistan

==See also==


Turkmenistan
*Index of Turkmenistan-related articles
*List of international rankings
*List of Turkmenistan-related topics
*Member state of the United Nations
*[[Biology:Outline of Asia|Outline of Asia]]
*[[Earth:Outline of geography|Outline of geography]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/ Turkmenistan government information portal]
*[http://www.tmhits.com Music of Turkmenistan]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081202213648/http://www.eurasianet.org/turkmenistan.project/ The Turkmenistan Project] - weekly news and analysis in English and Russian
*[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkmenistan/ CIA Factbook]
*[http://www.ashgabat.us/ Official photo gallery from Turkmenistan and Ashgabat]
*[http://www.duralga.com/ Largest Photo gallery of Turkmenistan and Ashgabat]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930135656/http://www.uni-graz.at/franz.koelbl/turkmenistan/ Photo Gallery from Turkmenistan] (in German)
*[http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Turkmenistan.html Encyclopedia of the Nations]
*[http://www.mekdep.com All schools of Turkmenistan] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1298497.stm BBC News country profile]
*[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=myplaces&Number=690335&Searchpage=1&Main=690335&Words=turkmenistan&topic=&Search=true#Post690335 View Ashgabat, Dashoguz, and Mary on Google Earth]
*[http://tmhits.com/ Turkmenistan Music and Videos]
*[http://www.turkmeniya.info/ Turkmenistan-News Forum Chat. Search file Turkmenistan]
*[http://turkmenistanoil.tripod.com/ Turkmenistan Oil and Gas Information]
*[http://turkmenweb.net/ Turkmenistan Social]
*[http://www.talyplar.com Turkmenistan Blogs]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190824110216/http://terjime.com/ Turkmen-English Dictionary]
*[http://www.turkmenpress.com Turkmenistan News]
*[http://gozyetim.com/ '''Turkmen literature, poems, poetry, articles''']


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