Turkmen

Definition: Turkmen

Turkmen

Noun

1. A member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas.

2. A republic in Asia east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and north of Iran; an Asian Soviet from 1925 to 1991.

3. The Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Geography

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Turkmen

Crosswords: Turkmen

Albanian (turcoman, Turkman, turkoman), Serbo-Croatian (turcoman, turkman, turkoman).

Books

• Between the Black Desert and the Red: Turkmen Carpets from the Wiederspeg Collection (reference)

• Khazirki zaman turkmen kompozitorlary : medeniet universitetlerine komek (reference)

• Sacred Horses: The Memoirs of a Turkmen Cowboy (reference)

• Turkmen dilining professional leksikasy : ekeranchylyk leksikasynyng mysalynda (reference)

• Turkmen dilining stilistikasy : girish ve leksik stilistika (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Turkmen Epic Singing [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Civil Liberties

Turkmenistan

In March authorities banned the sale of Bibles in Russian or Turkmen. (references)

Turkmenistan

There is only one official Turkmen newspaper published in the Russian language. (references)

Turkmenistan

While Internet access is available, state-owned Turkmen Telecom is the sole Internet provider. (references)

Discrimination

Turkmenistan

However, cultural traditions and the Government's policy of promoting Turkmen nationalism limit the employment and educational opportunities of women and nonethnic Turkmen. (references)

Economic History

Turkmenistan

Nationality: Turkmen. (references)

Turkmenistan

Languages: Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%. (references)

Human Rights

Iraq

The Government continues its Arabization campaign of ethnic cleansing designed to harass and expel ethnic Kurds and Turkmen from government-controlled areas. (references)

Iraq

Also in July 2000, PUK forces reportedly killed a number of members of the Iraqi Communist Workers Party (IWCP), and KDP forces killed several members of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF). (references)

Turkmenistan

Although officially free, admission to many faculties at Turkmen State University in Ashgabat reportedly costs between $7,000 and $10,000. Paying bribes for good grades also is a common practice. (references)

Minorities

Turkmenistan

Approximately 77 percent of the population is Turkmen; Uzbeks make up 9 percent; and Russians 7 percent. (references)

Turkmenistan

In the past, the President publicly has criticized some high-ranking government officials for their failure to speak Turkmen. (references)

Turkmenistan

As part of its nation-building efforts, the Government has attempted to foster Turkmen national pride, in part through its language policy. (references)

Political Economy

Turkmenistan

The only Internet provider is state-owned Turkmen Telecom. (references)

Turkmenistan

Emphasizing stability and gradual reform, official nation-building efforts continued to focus on fostering Turkmen nationalism and the glorification of President Niyazov. (references)

Turkmenistan

Niyazov, head of the Turkmen Communist Party since 1985 (renamed the Democratic Party in 1992) and President of Turkmenistan since its independence in 1991, legally may remain in office until his death, although he has publicly announced his intention to step down in 2010. Niyazov retained his monopoly on political power and on the Democratic Party, which remained the sole political party in the country. (references)

Political Rights

Turkmenistan

However, preference is given to ethnic Turkmen. (references)

Turkmenistan

The Mejilis consists of 48 ethnic Turkmen, 1 ethnic Russian, and 1 ethnic Uzbek. (references)

Turkmenistan

In 1998 the President announced that any Turkmen citizen who desired to write to him with a complaint could do so directly. (references)

Women

Turkmenistan

However, in traditional Turkmen society, the woman's primary role is as homemaker and mother, and family pressures often limited opportunities for women wanting to enter careers outside the home and advance their education. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Bulgarian 

Тюркменски Език. (various references)

Danish

turkmener. (various references)

Dutch

Turkmeense, Turkmeen (Turkoman). (various references)

Finnish

turkmenistanilainen. (various references)

French

Turkmène. (various references)

German

Turkmenin, Turkmene. (various references)

Greek 

Τουρκομάνος. (various references)

Italian

turkmeno, turcomano. (various references)

Pig Latin

urkmentay

Portuguese

turquemeno, turquemene. (various references)

Spanish

turcomano. (various references)

Swedish

turkmenistanier. (various references)

Turkmen 

tьrkmen. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: muter, rumen, trunk, tuner, unmet.

-3 letters: kent, kern, knur, kune, menu, merk, mure, murk, mute, neuk, neum, nuke, rent, rune, runt, term, tern, trek, true, tune, turk, turn.

-4 letters: emu, ern, ken, kue, men, met, mun, mut, net, nut, rem, ret, rue, rum, run, rut, ten, tun, uke, urn.

-5 letters: em, en, er, et.

+1 letter: truckmen.

+4 letters: computernik.

+5 letters: backcourtmen, computerniks, unmarketable.