Watan / Skype / MEDIA ARE WELL-MANAGED ENTERPRISES / Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary / Twitter / Rysgal / Facebook / BBC / CNNi / Anti-Free Press / Al Jazeera / Western / UNSUSTAINABLE ANTI-FREE PRESS / Gamma International / NGOs / Atamurat Shaguliev / YouTube / Edebiyat / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Turkmenistan / Bulgaria / Tajikistan / Macedonia / Montenegro / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Afghanistan / Moldova / China / Belarus / Romania / Croatia / Kyrgyzstan / Albania / Serbia / Armenia / Iran / Kazakhstan / Russia / Uzbekistan / Azerbaijan / United States / Soviet Union / Georgia / Ukraine / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Diplomatic Relations / Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Institute of International Relations / Turkmen Institute / State Institute of International Relations / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / Independence Day / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / libel law / printing equipment / foreign Internet development expert / online management skills / party newspaper / natural gas / exile site / law flies / decent advertising markets / gas wealth / Internet statistics / natural gas pipeline / advertising market / social networks / satellite mo. / freedom law / online experts / natural gas-fueled economy / satellite television / advertising revenue / malicious software / exile opposition news site / printing / satellite television branch / Internet providers / security services / local security services / oil and gas conferences / purchased advanced and sophisticated surveillance technology / weekly newspaper / filters Internet content / /
Organization
State Committee of Turkmenistan / Turkmen Institute for Human Rights / U.S. Department of Commerce / Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe / Institute of International Relations / Turkmen government / Türkmen Döwlet Habarlary / US Peace Corps / Ministry of Internal Affairs / RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service / Ministry of Defense / Turkmen Parliament / Central Intelligence Agency / Ministry of National Security / Turkmenmetbugat / President’s Office / State Publishing Association / Ministry of Culture / Reporters Without Borders / Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs / UN General Assembly / World Bank / State Committee for Television / United Nations / Institute for War and Peace Reporting / Human Rights Watch / State Committee on Television / Radio / and Cinematography of Turkmenistan Shadurdy Alovov / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Cooperation in Europe / Cabinet of Ministers / /
Person
Natalya Shabunts / Veronika Szente Goldston / Andrey Zatoka / Elena Myatieva / Kevin Burden / David Stead / Oguljamal Yazyleva / Annamamed Myatiyev / Alovov / Vepa Hadjiyev / Free Creativity / Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov / Elena Zaburdaeva / Rachel Denber / /
PoliticalEvent
presidential election / /
Position
Social Counsel / President / advocacy director / official / working journalist / chief editor / regional website editor / editor / official / specific permission / ecologist and civil activist / Deputy Foreign Minister / editor-in-chief / Governor / Chairman / deputy director / director / journalist / reporter / advocacy director for Europe / director for Europe and Central Asia ’s deputy / /
ProvinceOrState
Kosovo / /
PublishedMedium
FREE PRESS / /
Region
Central Asia / South Asia / /
SportsEvent
Asian Games / the Olympics / /
TVStation
Kbit / /
Technology
mobile phones / encryption / surveillance technology / flash / satellite television / SMS / /
At first glance, the media law appears to be a cause for hope, though the law flies directly in the face of total media control that has lasted Turkmenistan’s entire history. TURKMENISTAN