The head of the Communal services department of Ashgabat city, Nazar Gurbanov, was detained. At the same time, about 30 people, who are directly related to this department, were also detained. According to an ACCA source, Gurbanov’s personal driver died during interrogation after being tortured. The body of the driver was taken to the morgue […]
Patients in a psychiatric clinic live in terrible conditions, systematically subjected to extortion by the medical staff. ACCA journalists managed to talk with patients and staff of one of the most closed institutions in Turkmenistan. The psychiatric dispensary is located in Balkanabad, the chief physician of which is Araz Hydyrovich Hydyrov. The dispensary has two […]
According to independent media in Turkmenistan, Police officers have completely excluded private taxi drivers and began to provide taxi services to the population. Due to the coronavirus, intercity rail, bus, and air services were completely stopped in the country. Taxi drivers, who were carrying out intercity transportation, also lost their jobs. And the police officers […]
According to ACCA sources, in all regions of the country, public sector workers are forced to chip in on New Year holidays, despite the fact that strict quarantine measures have been introduced in Turkmenistan. Funds are compulsorily collected from employees of state institutions for the installation of a New Year’s tree in city and for […]
The head of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan, Mergen Gurdov, was dismissed from his post on October 7 and then arrested by employees of the Ministry of National Security. Gurdov was charged with corruption, abuse of power and extortion on an especially large scale. It is known that Gurdov obliged his subordinates, who work […]
The media of Turkmenistan reported that large-scale checks of state-owned enterprises for involvement in corruption and fraudulent acts have begun in Lebap region. Checks are carried out at the flour milling plant of Turkmenabad, refrigerating storages in the city of Turkmenabad, at Daihan bank and several other banks, at the warehouses of construction materials in […]
ACCA journalists conducted another investigation into the death rate from COVID-19 in Ashgabat. “Based on satellite images, we were able to calculate that approximately 1800 people died in Ashgabat from January 1 to December 31, 2019; 635 people died from January to April 2020, and 4370 people died from May 8 to October 30 inclusive. […]
At the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the Prosecutor General Batyr Atdaev reported to the President on the disclosure of corruption in the Ministries of Culture and Education. According to Atdaev, Gylych Seitnepesov, the head of the culture department of Ashgabat, was arrested and convicted for serious violation of the legitimate interests […]
A dark cloud is hovering over the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakyev. President, Berdymukhamedov on September 21, gave him a stern reprimand with a final warning. This is the first reprimand to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for an incomplete year of work as minister. According […]
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