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Major Herrera, Country Study Turkmenistan, 15 February 2013

Major Herrera, Country Study Turkmenistan, 15 February 2013. Country Location/Neighbors. Turkmenistan is on the continent of Asia Turkmenistan is neighbored by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Caspian Sea The Capital City is Ashgabat. Geographic Features.

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Major Herrera, Country Study Turkmenistan, 15 February 2013

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  1. Major Herrera, Country StudyTurkmenistan, 15 February 2013

  2. Country Location/Neighbors • Turkmenistan is on the continent of Asia • Turkmenistan is neighbored by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Caspian Sea • The Capital City is Ashgabat

  3. Geographic Features • Turkmenistan is primarily desert • 70% is composed of the Garagum Desert • The country is bordered to the West by the Caspian Sea

  4. Population – 5,105,301

  5. Turkmenistan - Climate/Holidays • The Karakum Desert is one of the driest deserts in the world, 125.1°F, • January 1 – New Year's Day • January 12 – Memorial Day (honoring those who fell on 12 January 1881 defending the GeokTepe fortress against the Russian troops) • February 19 – State Flag of Turkmenistan Day • March 8 – Turkmen Woman's Day (coincides with International Woman's Day) • March 20-21 – NowruzBayram, national spring holiday • First Sunday in April – "A Drop of Water—A Grain of Gold" Festival • Last Sunday in April – Turkmen Racing Horse Festival • May 8 – Day of Commemoration of the National Heroes of the 1941-1945 World War • May 9 – Victory Day (World War II) • May 18-19 – Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Magtymguly • Last Sunday in May – Carpet Day

  6. Turkmenistan – Holidays (Con’t) • June 27 - Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art (introduced in 2009) • Third Sunday in July – GallaBayramy (celebration of the wheat harvest) • Second Sunday in August - Turkmen Melon Day • Second Saturday in September – Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power, and Geological Industry • Second Sunday in September – Turkmen Bakhshi Day (celebrating the Turkmen folk singers) • October 6 – Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (commemorating the victims of the 1948 earthquake that destroyed Ashgabat) • October 27-28 – Independence Day • First Saturday in November – Health Day • Last Sunday in November – Harvest Festival (celebration of the cotton harvest) • First Sunday in December – Good Neighborliness Day • December 12 – Day of Neutrality and Student Youth Day. The day celebrates the status of permanent positive neutrality recognized by the UN General Assembly Resolution on Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan on December 12, 1995. • First day of the lunar month of Bayram (Shawwal) – OrazaBayram (the Muslim holiday of Eidul-Fitr), breaking of the fast at the end of the lunar month of Oraza (the ninth month in the Islamic calendar) • Moving holiday (3 days) – KurbanBayram (the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha)

  7. Turkmenistan Tourism • Darvaza Flaming Crater • 60 world-class hotels • When planning a vacation to Turkmenistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly suggest that tourists get vaccinated against common diseases which can easily spread, such as hepatitis A and B, mumps, polio, measles, rubella, tetanus, typhoid, vermicelli, rubella and diphtheria. For those planning to stay in the country longer, it is also advisable to get shots against rabies, tuberculosis and meningitis

  8. Turkmenistan Food Somsa: Baked hot pockets. These were bought at the bazaar. Everything else is homemade. Bilishi: Deep-fried meat-filled rolls Grechka: Buckwheat noodles, meat and carrots. Prashka: Deep-fried dough pockets, with meat

  9. Turkmenistan Dress/Language Turkmenistan’s dress hasn’t changed much in the last thousand years. Men wear Shaggy Sheepskin hats to keep the sun off their heads. They also wear red robes over whit shirts. Woman normally wear silk shirts over narrow trousers and are embroidered over the ankles. Jewelry and embroidery accent everyday clothing Turkmen is the official language of Turkmenistan

  10. Turkmenistan Education • Since Independence in 2002 Turkmenistan has slide in overall education • Funding for education has declines/teacher salaries have declined • Free tuition has been eliminated • Bribes are usually required to enter college

  11. Turkmenistan History • Decedents: Turkic-speaking Oghuztribes moved from Mongolia to Turkmenistan • Took over by the Mongols in the 13th Century • Russian/Soviet forces began occupying Turkmen territory late in the nineteenth century • Declared Independence from Russia in Oct, 1991

  12. Interesting Facts about Turkmenistan • Turkmenistan is a closed society with an authoritarian political system and centralized economy • 89% Muslin population

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