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Capital: ashgabat
Country name
: conventional long form: none conventional short form: turkmenistan local long form: none local short form: turkmenistan former: turkmen soviet socialist republic
National holiday: independence day. 27 october (1991)
Government type
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republic; authoritarian presidential rule. with little power outside the executive branch
Administrative divisions: 5 provinces (welayatlar. singular - welayat): ahal welayaty (ashgabat). balkan welayaty (balkanabat). dashoguz welayaty. lebap welayaty (turkmenabat). mary welayaty note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses) |
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Independence:
27 october 1991 (from the soviet union)
Political parties and leaders: democratic party of turkmenistan or dpt [saparmurat niyazov] 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 out of moscow
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
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International organization participation
: asdb. cis (associate). eapc. ebrd. eco. fao. g-77. ibrd. icao. icrm. idb. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom (observer). iso (correspondent). itu. miga. nam. oic. opcw. osce. pfp. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo
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