State Anthem of Turkmenistan

Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni
English: National Anthem of Independent, Neutral Turkmenistan
National anthem of  Turkmenistan
Lyrics collectively
Music Veli Mukhatov
Adopted 1996 (original version)
2008 (current version)
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National Anthem of Independent, Neutral Turkmenistan
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The State Anthem of Turkmenistan, also known as the National Anthem of Independent Neutral Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni), was adopted in 1996, then again with modified lyrics in 2008.[1][lower-alpha 1] The music was composed by Turkmenistani composer Veli Mukhatov,[2] who also composed the music of the former Turkmen SSR anthem.

The lyrics were originally written by the first president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov (also known as Turkmenbashi), who died on 21 December 2006. Two years after his death, the reference to Turkmenbashi in the chorus was replaced with the people,[3] among other minor changes to the lyrics, and the chorus was removed from the start of the anthem. The text of the anthem is given here in its present form, followed by the original text from the Niyazov period. The national anthem is played at the start of radio and television broadcasts at 6:55 am and played again when radio and television stations sign off.

History

Until 1997, Turkmenistan, which received independence six years earlier, used the Turkmen SSR anthem without words as the official anthem. The new anthem was adopted on 27 September 1996 by the People's Council of Turkmenistan in Bayramali. The anthem, known by the first sentence of the chorus "The great creation of Turkmenbashi", was used from 1997 to 2008, when it was given minor changes.

Notelist

  1. ↑ The title is sometimes also ambiguously translated as Independent, Neutral Turkmenistan State Anthem, a literal translation from the title in Turkmen. As Turkmen is still widely written/read in the Cyrillic script, the name in Cyrillic is written: Гарашсыз, Битарап Түркменистаның Дөвлет Гимни. The title is pronunced: [ʁɑɾɑʃˈθɯð | bit̪ɑˈɾɑp t̪yɾkmeniθt̪ɑˈnɯɴ d̪øβˈlet̪ gimˈni]

References

  1. ↑ Turkmenistan to the Heights of the Golden Age, Ashgabat, 2005.
  2. ↑ Nee, Patrick W. (2014-04-04). Key Facts on Turkmenistan: Essential Information on Turkmenistan. The Internationalist. p. 15.
  3. ↑ Changing the lyrics of the National Anthem.
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