Nowadays Dehistan is a clayey great plain situated near the Caspian Sea. The architectural historians, fine art experts and plain pilgrims, who reaches these places, can enjoy seeing the majestic remains of ancient towns, ancient mosque and ancient mausoleums. One of the largest monuments in this site is Misrian town appeared in the oasis area in 8th century CE. The town consisted of shakhristan – a citadel with a strong fortified wall around it and rabat – a densely populated suburb. A well-...

In the mountains of Turkmenistan, in different years, geologists have discovered oxidized iron ore, which, as it turned out, even in ancient times served as an object of mining for artisanal metallurgists. There is a lot of evidence that our ancestors were engaged in early metallurgy and metalworking in the Central Kopetdag, in particular, in the area of Mount Dushak. More recently, on the slopes of Erik-dag, lumps of metal ore were discovered, resembling fragments of a meteorite. To clarify...

291 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Entrepreneurs from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan purchased cotton yarn and float sheet glass to the total amount of USD 3.207 million. Representatives of business circles of the UK, the UAE and Kazakhstan concluded transactions in deposit manats for cotton yarn to the total amount of over 46.400 million manats. Turkmen businessmen purchased waste petroleum coke produced at t...

An active part in the cotton harvesting this year along with the daykhan associations will take the private structures in the north of our country. the consequential stimulating and support provided by the state attract them in the agrarian sector of production. Thus, in S. Turkmenbashy etrap, being the largest in the region producer of raw cotton, the Daykhan farm “Alkyş alan gallaçy” has grown valuable crop on 400 hectares. The Economic Society “Ykbal açary” also is planning to harvest the...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in Dushanbe that the SCO's support for Turkmen initiatives in the fight against the pandemic is in the interests of the whole world. The Turkmen leader said this, speaking at the anniversary summit of the heads of the SCO member states. The Turkmen leader noted: «Today, when the whole world is faced with new serious challenges, the role of the SCO is objectively increasing. And of course, its capabilities, accumulated experience, in addition to traditi...

This week, the OSCE Center in Ashgabat hosted an international online seminar to promote best practices and standards, discuss the prospects and challenges of Smart cities and the development of the renewable energy sector. At the OSCE Center in Ashgabat the GA correspondent was told that representatives of the Ministry of Energy, as well as teachers and students of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan, took part in the three-day seminar. Two international experts from Belarus presen...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in Dushanbe that Turkmenistan highly appreciates the position of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in strengthening peace, stability and security. The Turkmen leader said this, speaking at the anniversary summit of the heads of the SCO member states, where he was invited as an honorary guest. According to the head of the Turkmen state, it is important that the countries of this organization are long-standing traditional partners of Turkmenistan,...