RFE/RL's Turkmen Service is the only international Turkmen-language media reporting independently on political, economic, cultural, and security issues from inside one of the the world’s most reclusive countries.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has ordered state institutions to establish their own ice hockey teams.
A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has visited prisons in Turkmenistan.
Authorities in Turkmenistan have pledged that two new political parties will be established "soon" -- a move aimed at bringing an end to the country’s current one-party system.
The Turkmen government has accused correspondents of RFE/RL's Turkmen Service of working in the country without proper accreditation.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has won a new five-year term in office following a landslide election victory.
