The Karakum is the ancient name given to a great and vast region of sand desert, partly consisting of steppes. It is one of the largest deserts in Central Asia and in the world. Occupying about three-fourths of the area of Turkmenistan, it is situated between the Kopetdag Mountains, the Karabil and Badkhyz uplands in the south, the Khorezm Plain in the north, the Amudarya River valley in the east, and the Western Uzboy riverbed in the west. Its total area, over 350, 000 square kilometers, exceed...

The water in the aryk canal comes to life, It flows fast, gurgling and tinkling. I remember those eyes looking at me For the first time near it… Kara Seytliev, who wrote the lyrics to the song “Wonderful Eyes”, devoted them to his wife, Zinaida Fedorovna. In 1955, this song with music by Andrey Babaev appeared in a movie called “Old Ashir’s Trick”. Singer Rashid Beybutov performed the song so brilliantly that for years it has remained much more popular than the movie itself. Years afterwar...

On January 16, 2021, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held an Informational briefing in Ashgabat, dedicated to the commissioning of three infrastructure facilities - a power line in the direction of Kerki (Turkmenistan) - Sheberghan (Afghanistan), a 30-kilometer railway section between stations "Aqina-Andkhoy" and the International fiber-optic communication system and transit flows along the route Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan)...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has taken part in the opening ceremony of new gas compressor station at Malay Deposit in Charjew District during his working trip to Lebap Region on January 15. This event has marked another important step on the way of successful realization of energy strategy of Turkmenistan, which aspects include increment of export potential of as industry. Full-scale use of the richest hydrocarbon resources of our country, which is among the world energ...

The French Institute (The Institut Français) in Turkmenistan has moved to a new location. Its new address is as follows: 69 Ata Garryev Street (formerly Sokolovsky Street), Ashgabat 744000. Please call 36-83-70 to contact the French Institute staff for more details. For nearly two decades, the French Institute in Turkmenistan has been enthusiastically welcoming Turkmen students coming here to learn the French language. It is the French Agency of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs....

On the 15th of January 2021, the commissioning ceremony of the new gas-compressor station in the “Malay” gas field of the Lebap region of Turkmenistan was held in participation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The event was attended by the Chairwoman of Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan, members of the Government, heads and representatives of a number of ministries and departments of the country, as well as the representatives of the China National Petroleum Corpo...

Large deposits of basalt − a natural igneous (volcanic) rock − in western Turkmenistan are opening up new vistas in the production of composites, Director of the Institute of Chemistry, Durdymurad Gadamov (Ph.D. in Chemistry) believes. The scientist has suggested setting up the production of continuous basalt fibers from locally sourced basalt. They can be used to manufacture many types of products, including reinforcing materials, shaped tubes, fiber reinforced foam concrete wall panels, and...