Neytralny Turkmenistan

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Neytralny Turkmenistan (Russian: Нейтральный Туркменистан) is the daily official Russian-language newspaper in Turkmenistan. The daily newspaper serves as the official government gazette of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, publishing government-related affairs such as official decrees and newly promulgated laws of parliament, official statements, presidential addresses, documents of state bodies, short biographies of appointees to and candidates for public office, Presidential decrees, and government announcements. Neytralny Turkmenistan had a circulation of 32,241 as of 2020, making it one of the largest Russian-language newspapers in Turkmenistan.

Нейтральный Туркменистан
Neýtralnyý Türkmenistan
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TypeDaily newspaper
Newspaper of record
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan (100%) [1]
PublisherTurkmen State Printing Service
(Türkmen Döwlet Neşirýat Gullugy)
Editor-in-chiefMaýa Alimowa
FoundedNovember 1924 (first issue)
LanguageRussian
HeadquartersHouse of Free Creativity, Garyşsyzlyk şaýoly 100, Ashgabat[1]
CountryTurkmenistan
Circulation32,241 (as of 2020)
Websitemetbugat.gov.tm/newspapers?id=11 (in Russian)
The front page of Turkmenskaya Iskra for May 9, 1986.

History edit

This newspaper was first published on November 7, 1924 under the name Turkmenskaya Iskra (Russian: Туркменская искра, "Turkmen Spark").[2][3] Between 1927 and 1929, the daily circulation rose from 7,000 to 10,000 copies.[2]

In 1959, the newspaper was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.[4] In December 1974, the newspaper received a certificate of honor (Russian: почётная грамота) from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.[5] In 1975, its circulation was 60 thousand copies.

In 1995, the newspaper was renamed Neytralny Turkmenistan ("Neutral Turkmenistan"). That same year, Gozel Nuraliyeva became a deputy editor, later rising to the position of editor-in-chief.[6]

Other languages edit

Since 2012, a weekly digest called Neutral Turkmenistan has been published in English, on 8 pages in A3 format.[7][8] A Turkmen-language near-duplicate daily newspaper, Türkmenistan, is published simultaneously.[9] Türkmenistan is the first Turkmen-language newspaper published in Turkmenistan, with a first issue published on 29 July 1920.[10][11]

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Neytralny Turkmenistan Online
  2. ^ a b Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика: Энциклопедический справочник (in Russian). Ashkhabad: Издательство Чувашского обкома КПСС. 1984. p. 288.
  3. ^ (in Russian) Туркменская искра Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. ^ Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика: Энциклопедический справочник (in Russian). Ashkhabad: Издательство Чувашского обкома КПСС. 1984. p. 510.
  5. ^ Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика: Энциклопедический справочник (in Russian). Ashkhabad: Издательство Чувашского обкома КПСС. 1984. p. 292.
  6. ^ Rafis Abazov (2005). Historical Dictionary of Turkmenistan. Scarecrow Press. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5362-1.
  7. ^ "У главной газеты Туркмении появится англоязычная версия" (in Russian). Regnum. 17 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Neutral Turkmenistan gazeti".
  9. ^ "TDNG / Gazetler" (in Turkmen, Russian, and English). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. ^ Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика: Энциклопедический справочник (in Russian). Ashkhabad: Издательство Чувашского обкома КПСС. 1984. p. 287.
  11. ^ "Газетные строки длинною в век: историческая ретроспектива" (in Russian). «Туркменистан: золотой век». 14 August 2020.