Turkmen Academy of Sciences

The Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan () is a state body in Turkmenistan founded in 1951, which is responsible for the implementation of Turkmen scientific and technical policy. The academy was closed under president Saparmurat Niyazov and reopened by his successor, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.

Structure

The academy has three departments:
*Humanitarian and economic sciences
*Physical and mathematical, chemical, geological and engineering sciences
*Medical, biological and agricultural sciences

History

Its lineage dates back to the Turkmen Scientific Commission, founded in 1922. It would later become the State Academic Council, under the People's Commissariat of Education and then the Turkmen Scientific Research Institute. In March 1936, by resolution of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, it was reduced to the Institute of History and Language and Literature. In 1940, the foundation of the Turkmen Academy of Sciences took place. By 1945, thirty-five Turkmens are among the researchers. The present academy established in June 1951. By 1986, the academy had 15 research institutions. In the summer of 1998, the academy came under the direct control of the President of Turkmenistan. It was closed for more than 10 years and was reopened by Niyazov's s successor, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.

2009 revival

With the revival of the academy in 2009 the structure of science and research in Turkmenistan changed, reflecting reforms initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. With the new structure of the academy, research is centralized. The academy was restored according to presidential resolution number 10458 dated June 12, 2009, "On the question about the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan". According to the resolution, 11 institutes and three organisations serving the science sector were moved: the library, the printing house and the Ylym publishing house. By a decree of President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in January 2019, the government will gradually end state funding of Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, which will be phased out over three years.

Directors

Academy directors until 1998 were:
*B. Keller (1940)
*Dmitry Nalivkin (1946–51)
*Tagan Berdyev (1951–56)
*Geldy Charyev (1956–59)'' Никитин В. П.'
Новый центр научной мысли. Открытие Академии Наук Туркменской ССР
// Вестник АН СССР, 1951, № 9, стр. 39
*Shadzhe Batyrs (1959–65)
*Pigam Azimov (1966–75)
*Agajan Babaev (1975–86)
*Orazgeldy Ovezgeldyev (1986–88)
*Agajan Babaev (1989–93)
*Agamamed Hojamuhammedov (1993–98)
*Gurbanmyrat Mezilov (2010—2016)
*Meret Ashyrbaev (2016—2018)
*Sapardurdy Toylyev (since 2018)

References

{{authority control

Education in Turkmenistan
Educational organizations based in Turkmenistan
Science and technology in Turkmenistan
National academies of sciences
Scientific organizations established in 1951
1951 establishments in the Soviet Union