Photo Report by Elvira Kadyriva and Raviliya Kadyrova The presidential elections were held in Turkmenistan with high voter turnout on 12 March 2022. As the polls closed at 7pm, a total of 97.12% of voters had cast their vote. A few hours later, the Central Election Commission of Turkmenistan declared the polls valid and according […]

The candidates in the presidential elections continue to meet the voters as about 11 days are left to the elections. The print media of Turkmenistan is publishing the manifesto of each candidate. There are great areas of similarities with minor differences in the messages of the candidates. All of them support the current pace and […]

The campaigning by the candidate continued on 23 February 2022 at medium pace. The gathering, without any exception, were organized in meeting halls that had the audience about one third of the full capacity because of the social distancing guidelines. DPM Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, spoke to the voters […]

As slightly more than two weeks are left for the presidential elections in Turkmenistan, the candidates are moving around to carry their message to the voters. The candidate of the Agrarian Party, Bekmuradov, met a gathering of the voters in the Dahoguz province on 22 February 2022. The same day, candidate of the Party of […]

Three more candidates have entered the race for presidential elections in Turkmenistan, scheduled for 12 March 2022. The Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which represents the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, has nominated Babamyrat Meredov, the director of the Wepaly Gurluşyk Economic Society as its candidate. Prior to forming this company, he was a teacher […]

With the citizens’ initiative groups of Ahal and Mary provinces, the total number of candidates for the forthcoming presidential elections has reached six: Ahal province – Maksatmyrat Ovezgeldiyev, head of the sanitary and epidemiological service of the Babadaykhan district Mary province – Kakageldi Sariyev, Director of the Research and Production Center “Renewable Energy Sources” of […]

The preparations for the presidential elections in Turkmenistan, scheduled for 12 March 2022 are proceeding at fast pace. On 15 February 2022, the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan nominated Agajan Bekmuradov, the deputy governor of Mary province, as its candidate. Agajan Bekmuradov graduated from the Turkmen State Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 1995 as […]