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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN - KABUL
Year 2026 - "Independent, Permanently Neutral Turkmenistan
— Homeland of Purposeful Heavenly Horses"
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12 Nov

A NEW ART CARPETMAKING WORKSHOP

The construction of the new carpetmaking workshop is in the final stage in the settlement Guychbirleshik of Halach etrap of Lebap velayat. On order of the Halach art carpetmaking enterprise, the structure was built by the Mary wool processing enterprise and Individual enterprise “Altyn gum”. The workshop, where the famous handmade carpets will be created, occupies about 300 square meters. Here all conditions are provided for the creative activity of about hundred carpetmakers. It should be no...

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12 Nov

ILYAS OVEZGELDYEV. ONE OF THE FIRST TURKMENS - FULL HOLDER OF THE ORDERS OF GLORY

By their statute, full holders of the Orders of Glory were equated with heroes. There were four such warriors-order-bearers in the history of Turkmenistan: Akhmed Allaberdiyev, Ilyas Ovezgeldyev, Akhmed Annadurdyev and Mukhamedkuli Durdyev. The oldest among them was Ilyas Ovezgeldyev, born on February 12, 1914. Each of the three Orders of Glory was awarded to I. Ovezgeldyev for military valor, courage in hostilities and exploits. Moreover, the heroic deeds of the soldiers. This meant that Ily...

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11 Nov

THE DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN TOOK PART IN THE VIII MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE COOPERATION COUNCIL OF TURKIC SPEAKING STATES

On November 11, 2021, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov took part in the eighth meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey. The agenda of the current multilateral forum is very rich. The important issues of the upcoming summit of the Heads of State at the highest level were discussed, as well as the development of multilateral dialogue using the huge potential of the association of T...

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11 Nov

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED VALUABLE FINDS IN ABIVERD

Purposeful work continues within the framework of the program of in-depth study and preservation of the national historical and cultural heritage of Turkmenistan initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the search for its still undisclosed pages bringing its worthy results. New artifacts discovered by Turkmen archaeologists during the autumn excavation season at the Abiverd monument in the Kaakhka etrap of the Ahal velayat are another confirmation of this.   Specialists of the Nat...

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11 Nov

THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN ACCEPTED THE REPORT ON THE LABOR VICTORY OF COTTON GROWERS

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received reports from the khakims of the Akhal, Balkan, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary velayats on the successful fulfillment of contractual obligations for the production of raw cotton by the country’s farmers. In the year of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the sacred independence of the Motherland, Turkmen cotton growers, tenants, machine operators collected more than 1,250 thousand tons of white gold. Having honorably fulfilled their obligati...

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11 Nov

THE PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN HELD A MEETING THROUGH THE DIGITAL SYSTEM

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting through the digital system with the participation of members of Milli Gengesh, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers supervising the agricultural complex, and heads of public organizations. Separate issues of the life of the state were put up for discussion, as well as drafts of a number of documents were considered. The first speaker was Cabinet Deputy Chairman E.Orazgeldiev, who reported on the fulfillment of contractual...

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11 Nov

MAUSOLEUM IN MEMORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL ZUBEIDA

Two kilometers from the Alamberdar mausoleum, in the other part of the Astana-baba village, there is an architectural complex of the same name. Ziyarat, a ritual of worship performed by pilgrims, is constantly performed here. There are several legends about the appearance of the shrine. So according to the most popular legend among the people, the ruler of Charvelayat, the medieval region of Khorasan, a certain Khazret Nur-oglu (in another version - Ubeida) had a daughter of Zubeida. The beau...

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