2009 yılındaki cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimine kadar çakalların gezeceği malumdur. türkmenbaşı dolayısıyla kimse kendisini hazırlamamış, buna cesaret dahi edememiştir.
yeni lider belirleme çabasında olacak türkmenistan'dır... liderlik için 4 güçlü aday vardır :
hanamov - türkiye büyükelçiliği yapmı$tır, türkmenistan cumhuriyet partisi kurucusudur.
bedirmuhammedov - geçici olarak $u anki devlet ba$kanıdır.
murat niyazov - türkmenba$ı'nın oğludur.
recebov - türkmenba$ı'nın en güvendiği isimdir, eski korumasıdır.
15 şubat 2006 da yapılacak secimlerle yeni başkan belirlenecektir.
türkiye yeni başkan kim olursa olsun destek vereceğini göstermek için, bu tarihte, başbakan düzeyinde bir ziyaret planlamıştır.
"IN TURKMENISTAN, INTERNET ACCESS COMES WITH SOLDIERS"
Turkmenistans new, government-sponsored Internet cafes were initially hailed as a potentially important step away from the repressive policies of the late President Saparmurat Niyazov. But less than three weeks after their official opening, the centers are stifled by erratic connections, heavy fees and most discouragingly of all -- soldiers at the doorways.
In the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat, the Turkmen Internet Café, located across the road from the bustling Gulustan bazaar, promises an unfiltered connection with the outside world.
The reality proves somewhat different. Inside, two Turkmens stare somewhat blankly at the blue screen of one of the cafes eight computers, while the cashier ponders the question of whether or not there will be a connection tomorrow.
Few Turkmens are aware of the cafes existence and fewer still believe they will be able to afford it. The cafes hourly rate is a stiff 50,000 manats; just under $10 using the official exchange rate, or about $2.50 using the black market exchange rate.
"I know there is an Internet café near here, but I havent seen it," one stallholder in the nearby market said. An assistant in a neighboring post office recommended trying one of Ashgabat s many four-star hotels; dead-end directions for Turkmen nationals as only hotel residents are allowed to use the facilities, primarily intended for foreigners.
Turkmenistans new President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov made improved Internet access a key part of his election campaign. Ashgabats two new Internet cafés opened within days of his February 19 inauguration; an additional 15 have been promised, along with Internet service for every school in the country.
The idea was to speed up modernization of this reclusive, gas-rich Central Asian state. But, in reality, that desire for modernization has to do battle with the governments long-ingrained desire for highly centralized control over information.
Turkmenistan plans to hire Chinese technical specialists to install networks and monitor Internet usage in the country, reportedly. The move may be designed to protect Turkmens from pornographic and gambling sites, or a deliberate maneuver to prevent access to sites authored by Turkmen political refugee groups, human rights organizations and media outlets critical of the Turkmen regime. (EurasiaNet.org is currently inaccessible through Turkmen hotel Internet connections.)
The technical and security issues surrounding Internet access will be a measure of the new governments actual commitment to implementing promised educational and social reforms, said Erika Dailey, director of the Turkmenistan Project at the New York-based Open Society Institute (OSI). (EurasiaNet, like the Turkmenistan Project, operates under OSIs auspices).
"There has been a lot of hopeful rhetoric and encouraging remarks from President Berdymukhamedov, but these have mostly concerned economics and a few social reforms . . ," Dailey said. "The Internet is a test of how far the government is willing to go."
According to the United States Department of States 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices, the government-run Turkmen Telecom, Turkmenistan s sole Internet Service Provider, has not set up an Internet account in Ashgabat since 2002.
Cable television has been banned since 2002; satellite TV has become an increasingly popular way for Turkmens to gain information about the outside world, though the relatively high cost of antennae has limited use outside of Ashgabat. State-run television and radio channels and newspapers largely dominate the remaining choices; some international radio broadcasts are reportedly available through shortwave or satellite.
Statistics about Internet usage in Turkmenistan are dodgy at best. In 2005, some 36,000 people, or just 0.7 percent of the countrys estimated total population, had Internet access, according to the US Central Intelligence Agencys World Factbook.
"Some people have regular easy access to the Internet but thats because they work at foreign firms," commented one Ashgabat city resident. "Even then you would never use it for anything really personal or controversial. Everybody knows it is monitored."
The soldiers stationed outside Ashgabats Internet cafes only underline that situation. Said the OSI Turkmenistan Projects Dailey: "It sends a clear message to the public about what the government wants: They dont want people using the Internet."
