| TURKMENISTANI GOVERNMENT STATS: |
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Capital city
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Ashgabat |
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Corruption
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1.8 |
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[156th of 160]
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Legislative branch > Election results
Mejlis - DPT 100%; seats by party - DPT 50; note - all 50 elected officials are members of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and are preapproved by the president |
Legislative branch > Elections
People's Council - last held in April 2003 (next to be held in December 2008); Mejlis - last held 19 December 2004 (next to be held in December 2008) |
Legislative branch > Note
in late 2003, a law was adopted reducing the powers of the Mejlis and making the Halk Maslahaty the supreme legislative organ; the Halk Maslahaty can now legally dissolve the Mejlis, and the president is now able to participate in the Mejlis as its supreme leader; the Mejlis can no longer adopt or amend the constitution or announce referendums or its elections; since the president is both the "Chairman for Life" of the Halk Maslahaty and the supreme leader of the Mejlis, the 2003 law has the effect of making him the sole authority of both the executive and legislative branches of government |
National holiday
Independence Day, 27 October (1991) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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18% |
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[26th of 143]
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Political parties and leaders
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan or DPT |
Political parties and leaders > A note
formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, small opposition movements exist underground or in foreign countries |
Political parties and leaders > Note
formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, small opposition movements exist underground or in foreign countries; the two most prominent opposition groups-in-exile have been National Democratic Movement of Turkmenistan (NDMT) and the United Democratic Party of Turkmenistan (UDPT); NDMT was led by former Foreign Minister Boris SHIKHMURADOV until his arrest and imprisonment in the wake of the 25 November 2002 assassination attempt on President NIYAZOV; UDPT is led by former Foreign Minister Abdy KULIEV and is based in Moscow |
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Post-Soviet states > Political problems > Government and Tax > Average
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50.34
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[11th of 15]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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16 %
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[75th of 174]
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Status
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dictatorship |
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Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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569
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[71st of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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109
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[76th of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2005, but Caspian seabed delimitation remains stalled with Azerbaijan, Iran, and Kazakhstan due to Turkmenistan's indecision over how to allocate the sea's waters and seabed |
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UN membership date
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2 Mar. 1992 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.turkmenistanembassy.org/ |
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Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
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Embassy Row |
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