Democratic Party of Turkmenistan

...and a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985 it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov, who in 1991 renamed the party to the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, which is no longer a communist party. The current Communist Party of...

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...fraudulent and attempting to give an appearance of legitimacy to what is in reality a dictatorship. The only legal party is the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan. The DTP currently holds all 2507 seats in the country's highest...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Soviet Union, Revenue, Saparmurat Niyazov, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

...be held December 2008). Election results: Mejlis - DPT 100%; seats by party - DPT 50; note - all 50 elected officials are members of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and are preapproved by President Niyazov. In late 2003 a new law was...

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...fraudulent and attempting to give an appearance of legitimacy to what is in reality a dictatorship. The only legal party is the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, though that may change after constitutional reforms enacted on 26 September...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, and Soviet Union

...as steps towards democracy. But all 288 candidates stressed their support of the president: they were either members of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, launched by Niyazov, or were state-approved independents. The opposition is...

In this article: Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan, Democracy, and Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov

Government opponents have no foothold in politics. The vast majority of the 288 candidates represent the pro-presidential Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, with the rest drawn from state-approved civic groups. All appear to have...

In this article: Democracy, Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, Turkmenistan, and Natural gas

...democratic reform, although only state-approved candidates were permitted to stand. Most of the candidates represented the ruling Democratic Party -- the only one registered in Turkmenistan -- and there were a handful of state-approved...

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Almost all of the 288 candidates running for 125 seats in the parliament came either from Turkmenistan's sole political party, the Democratic Party, or state-affiliated organisations. All candidates were funded by the state as...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Democratic Party, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Saparmurat Niyazov, and Caspian Sea

...and government opponents have no foothold in politics. The overwhelming majority of the 288 candidates represent the pro-presidential Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, with the rest drawn mainly from state-approved civic groups. All appear...

In this article: Turkmenistan, Democracy, Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, Natural gas, and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

...commission. It paves the way for the formation of multiple political parties in a country that currently only has one - the Democratic Party headed by the president. State-run radio said the constitution would give a powerful impetus...

In this article: Saparmurat Niyazov, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Turkmenistan, Democratic Party, and Rukhnama