US Government Sites:

CIA World Factbook (2008)

US Embassy in Ashgabat

US State Department Background Notes on Turkmenistan

US State Department Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

US State Department Travel Page for Turkmenistan

Library of Congress Study on Turkmenistan

Turkmen Government Sites:

Turkmenistan Government

Turkmenistan Embassy in US

Multilateral Organizations:

World Bank Turkmenistan Site

IMF Turkmenistan Site

UN in Turkmenistan

UNDP in Turkmenistan

Business Resources:

Doing Business in Turkmenistan: 2009 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies

Guidelines for Foreign Investment from Turkmenistan Embassy

List of American Business Represented and/or Operating in Turkmenistan

Other Resources from the US Embassy in Ashgabat

Energy Sites:

IEA Turkmenistan Page

EIA (US DOE) Turkmenistan Country Profile

CSIS Energy Program

Media Sites:

EurasiaNet Turkmenistan Page

BBC News Turkmenistan Profile

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Turkmenistan Page

News Central Asia (Regional News Service)

Turkmen Post

Itar-Tass (Regional News Service): CIS and the Baltics

Non-Governmental Organizations:

Open Sociey Institute Turkmenistan Project

Academia:

Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (Johns Hopkins University)

Kennan Institute for Russia and Surrounding States (Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars)