· August, 2009

Stories about Turkmenistan from August, 2009

Turkmenistan: Ministry of Education clamps down on students

  16 August 2009

Orazdurdy reports that dozens of students at Ashgabat (capital of Turkmenistan) airport were not allowed on board a plane heading to Almaty. This is the latest incident in a broader trend: hundreds of Turkmen students still cannot leave the country in pursuit of education abroad.