Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east, and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city. It is one of the six independent Turkic states. With a population of over 7 million, Turkmenistan is the 35th most populous country in Asia. It has the lowest population of the Central Asian republics while being one of the most sparsely populated nations on the Asian continent.
Turkmenistan has long served as a thoroughfare for several empires and cultures. Merv is one of the oldest oasis cities in Central Asia and was once among the biggest cities in the world. It was also one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an essential stop on the Silk Road. Annexed by the Russian Empire in 1881, Turkmenistan figured prominently in the anti-Bolshevik movement in Central Asia. In 1925, Turkmenistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR); it became independent after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The country is widely criticized for its poor human rights, including for its treatment of minorities and its lack of press and religious freedoms. Since the independence declared from the Soviet Union in 1991, Turkmenistan has been ruled by repressive totalitarian regimes: that of President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov (also known as Türkmenbaşy/Türkmenbaşı or "Head of the Turkmens") until he died in 2006; Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who became president in 2007 after winning a non-democratic election (he had been vice-president and then acting president previously); and his son Serdar, who won a subsequent 2022 presidential election described by international observers as neither free nor fair, and now shares power with his father.
Turkmenistan possesses the world's fifth-largest natural gas reserves. Most of the country is covered by the Karakum Desert. From 1993 to 2019, citizens received government-provided electricity, water, and natural gas free of charge. Turkmenistan is an observer state in the Organisation of Turkic States, the Türksoy community, and a member of the United Nations.
Spanking and Spanking Art in Turkmenistan
In the 20th century, school corporal punishment fell out of fashion and was gradually banned in many countries, a trend that continues until the present day.
As of May 2008, Turkmenistan prohibits corporal punishment in schools.
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Prostitution in Turkmenistan
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