Turkmenistan

Definitions

A country in Central Asia. Capital: Ashgabat.

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Examples

“By this time the Latin Alphabet had been adopted officially by four Turkish-speaking nations: the Azerbaijānīs, the Yakuts, and two small North-Caucasian communities called the Balqars and the Qarachays. Its official adoption in Türkmenistan followed as from February and March⟳ 1928.”

“The Turkoman nomads of Central Asia, who today inhabit the Türkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Türkmenistan) and the northern parts of Iran and Afghanistan (map 5, see⟳ page 92), represent⟳ perhaps the archetypical weaving society.[…]There are virtually no rugs of significance produced today in Türkmenistan, and the Turkoman tribes who live⟳ in Iran and Afghanistan, while they still weave the red rugs, have⟳ like⟳ all nomadic peoples changed both their lifestyle and their weaving style under the pressures of modern society.”

“Since the earliest days of Türkmenistan’s independence, the Centre has offered English-language classes for a nominal fee.”

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