Mass media in Turkmenistan

The mass media in Turkmenistan are among the world's most tightly controlled. The press is controlled by the government, which funds nearly all

Twenty-two newspapers (2 privately owned) and 14 magazines (none privately owned) are published in Turkmenistan. Content of the state-owned newspapers differs little to not at all, consisting of republishing of copy from the state-owned news agency. They are very expensive by Turkmen standards, with the most expensive newspaper costing $0.50. A one-year subscription equals one month minimum wage.[4] Some domestic online newspapers have been founded, notably Turkmenportal and Orient.^[5][6] Russian magazines and Uzbek newspapers are sold in some kiosks.

National newspapers

Electronic copies of most state-published newspapers may be downloaded from the website of the State Printing Office.

• Neytralny Turkmenistan (Russian: Neutral Turkmenistan – published six days per week in Russian, the main Russian-medium newspaper of Turkmenistan. Founded in 1924, during the Soviet period called Turkmenskaya Iskra (Russian: Turkmen Spark)
• Turkmenistan – the main Turkmen-medium newspaper of Turkmenistan, published in Turkmen six times per week since 1920.
• Watan (Turkmen: Homeland) – Published three times per week, during the Soviet period called Yash Kommunistler (Turkmen: Young Communists).
• Nesil (Turkmen: Generation) – Owned and published by Magtymguly Youth Organization three times per week.
• Adalat (Turkmen: Justice) – Owned and published by Ministry of Justice weekly.
• Rysgal (Turkmen: Welfare) – Owned and published weekly by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan; the country's first and only private newspaper.^[7][8]
• Türkmen Sporty (Turkmen: Turkmen Sports) – Owned and published weekly by the State Sports and Youth Committee of Turkmenistan.
• Nebit-Gaz (Turkmen: Oil and Gas) – Owned and published by Türkmengaz state concern, now an electronic newspaper. Previously published, starting in 2011, by the now-defunct Ministry of Oil and Gas.
• Mugallymlar Gazeti (Turkmen: Pedagogical Newspaper) – Owned and published three times per week by Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan.
• Habarlar (Turkmen: News) – Owned and published by the Economic Editorial Association three times per week, mainly economic and commercial news, classified advertising, since 1975.
• Zaman Turkmenistan – Owned and published by Turkish newspaper Zaman. It was published weekly in Turkmen. It was closed by the government after a coup attempt in Turkey.
• Edebiyat we Sungat (Turkmen: Literature and Art) – Owned and published weekly since 1958 by the Ministry of Culture.
• Bereketli Toprak (Turkmen: Fertile Soil) – Owned and published weekly since 2008 Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Turkmenistan.
• Türkmen Dünýäsi (Turkmen: Turkmen World.) – Owned and published twice monthly since 1991 by the Humanitarian Association of World Turkmens.
• Türkmeniň Ýüpek Ýoly (Turkmen: Turkmen Silk Road) – Owned and published weekly by the Railways Agency of Turkmenistan. Published since 1936.
• Esger (
  Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan
  .
• Biznes Reklama (Turkmen: Business Advertising) – Owned and published by the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations.
• Galkynysh (Turkmen: Renaissance) – Owned and published weekly since 1997 by the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.

Regional newspapers

• Ashgabat
• Maru-Şahu-Jahan – Mary Velayat, published since 1931, in Turkmen, three times per week.
• Ahal Durmuşy (Ahal Life) – Ahal Velayat, published in Turkmen three times in a week.
• Daşoguz Habarlary (Dashoguz News) – Dashoguz Velayat, published in Turkmen three times in a week.
• Türkmen Gündogary (Turkmen Orient) – Lebap Velayat, published in Turkmen three times in a week.
• Balkan Velayat
  , published in Turkmen three times in a week.

Online newspapers

• Arzuw News – independent, private news agency.
• Azatlyk Radiosy – (
  Radio Free Europe
  Turkmen Service).
• Biz barde – independent, private outlet social network.
• Business Turkmenistan – independent, business news and information service.
• Chronicles of Turkmenistan – foreign-based independent media outlet.
• Gundogar News – state-controlled, of unknown ownership.
• Gundogar.org – foreign-based independent media outlet.
• InAshgabat – independent, private news outlet and internet portal focused on Ashgabat local news.
• Infoabad – independent, private news outlet and internet portal.
• Orient – independent, private information agency owned by «Media Turkmen», founded in 2017.
• Parahat Info – news aggregator.
• Türkiýe-Türkmenistan^{[citation needed]}
• Türkmen Habar
• Turkmen News – foreign-based independent media outlet, formerly known as "Alternative News of Turkmenistan".
• Turkmen Yurt TV – foreign-based independent media
• Türkmen Inform^{[citation needed]}
• Turkmenistan Today – (TDH official website) – state-owned.
• Turkmenistan: Golden Age – service of Neytralny Turkmenistan, state-owned.
• Turkmenistan.ru – foreign-based independent media outlet.
• Turkmenportal – news aggregator and internet portal.

Magazines

• Altyn Asyr Ykdysadyýeti (Turkmen: The Golden Age Economy) – Owned and published monthly since 2000 by Ministry of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan.
• Diýar (Turkmen: The Land) – Owned and published monthly since 1992 by Cabinet of Ministers (Turkmenistan).
• Dünya Edebiýaty (Turkmen: World Literature) – Owned and published monthly by Turkmen State Publishing Service.
• Garagum (Turkmen: Karakum) – Owned and published monthly by Turkmen State Publishing Service.
• Güneş (Turkmen: Sun) – Owned and published monthly by Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan.
• Saglyk (Turkmen: Health) – Owned and published semimonthly since 1990 by Ministry of Health of Turkmenistan.
• Türkmenistan Sport^[9]
• Türkmenistanda Ylym we Tehnika (Turkmen: Science and Technology in Turkmenistan) – Published semimonthly.
• Türkmenistanyň lukmançylygy (Turkmen: Turkmenistan's Medicine)
• Täze Oba (Turkmen: New Village) – Owned and published monthly since 1929 by Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Turkmenistan.
• Возрождение (Vozrozhdeniye, Renaissance in Russian) – Owned and published monthly by the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. Published since 1937, previously by the Turkmen Communist Party.
• Zenan Kalby (Turkmen: Woman's Heart) – Owned and published monthly by Women's Union of Turkmenistan. Published since 1931.

Television

In Turkmenistan,

• Turkmen television channels online

• Altyn Asyr (formerly TMT-1; English: Golden Age) – The main channel of the country.^[14]
• Yaşlyk (formerly TMT-2; English: Youth) – Channel catering to the youth of Turkmenistan.^[14]
• Miras (formerly TMT-3; English: Heritage) – TV channel about the culture and heritage of the Turkmen people^[14]
• Türkmenistan (formerly TMT-4) – international channel broadcast in seven different languages.^[15]
• Türkmen Owazy (English: Turkmen Voice) – Turkmen music channel.^[16]
• Aşgabat – TV channel broadcasting programs about Ashgabat.[17]
• Türkmenistan Sport – sports channel.^[18]
• Arkadag — TV channel broadcasting programs about the city of Arkadag.

IPTV

• AŞTU (Aşgabat şäher telefon ulgamy, English: Ashgabat City Telephone System) – the company announced that it had 104,062 subscribers in 2018.^[19] Viewers have access to 136 local and foreign TV channels, including those in HD quality.^[20]

Private company Alem TV[21] offers 125^[22] international pay-per-view satellite TV channels for Android smart TVs.^[23]

Cable television

The

• TR1 Radio Watan (279 kHz & 102.7 MHz)
• TR2 Radio Çar-Tarapdan (69.68 MHz)
• TR3 Radio Miras (103.9 MHz)
• TR4 Radio Owazy (101.3 & 104.4 MHz)

TR1 broadcasts on longwave, medium wave, OIRT FM, and CCIR FM; TR2 and TR3 broadcast on medium wave and OIRT & CCIR FM; and TR4 broadcasts on CCIR FM. All four stations also broadcast on DAB+ in Ashgabat and can be heard online globally via Radio Garden.^[24][25][26] There are no local or regional radio stations in the country.

See also

• Communications in Turkmenistan

References

External links

• Newspapers in PDF
• Online TV and radio