Stories about Turkmenistan from October, 2007
Turkmenistan: Monetary Reform
Abdulgamid reflects on the announced plans of the Turkmen government to carry out a monetary reform with denomination of the national currency. Increased liquidity will inevitably be marred by increase in prices for all types of commodities and services, he concludes.
Turkmenistan: Independence day
Nara opines on the sixteenth anniversary of independence of the Turkmen state, bitterly noting that “Turkmen government is the only institution to enjoy this privilige of independence, being very independent from the people’s voices and lives”.
Turkmenistan: India Looks to the Caspian
Peter reports that Turkmenistan’s gas and oil reserves may soon attract the attention of yet another world players.
Turkmenistan: Changing the Security Combination
Peter offers an update on the internal politics of Turkmenistan, in which the practice of arbitrary dismissals and appopintments seemingly persists, as Turkmen President Berdymukhammedov fired two more high-placed Interior Ministry officials, only days after dismissing the head and deputy head of the ministry.
Turkmenistan: Libraries contest
Nara briefly reports on the surprising and exceptionally compromise outcome of the libraries contest in Turkmenistan, where all nominees were awarded in a competition that had been organized by the government.
Turkmenistan: Good Neighbours, Good Friends
Peter opines on the possible rapprochement of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan on the basis of political systems’ similarity and shared economic interests of the two Central Asian states.
