Country Profiles: Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan -- Turkmenistan

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Turkmenistan Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Turkmenistan: CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat
• Embassy of Turkmenistan in Washington, D.C.

International Organizations and Development Programs

• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Turkmenistan Country Page Information about Turkmenistan and USAID programs
• Turkmenistan and the IMF The IMF's Turkmenistan Country Page with links to articles
• Soros National Foundations
• The Eurasia Foundation in Central Asia

Internet Resources: General

• Turkmenistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Turkic Republics and Communities Various sites on history, culture, travel
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia (NIS)
• Turkmenistan Page of the Interactive Central Asia Resource Project
• Turkmenistan Page of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Central Asian Studies World Wide sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
• Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Turkmenistan with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• TurkoTek a comprehensive site devoted to collectible Turkoman, Caucasian, Baluch, and other tribal weavings
• Turkme Language Resources from the Peace Corps Friends of Turkmenistan Website

Online News Sites and Servers

• News Central Asia
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Turkmen Service
• Turkmenistan
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Turkmen Language Study

• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• U.C. Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Journals and information on Central Asia
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information for Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

Turkmenistan, once known as the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic is a country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea.