State Anthem of Turkmenistan
The "State Anthem of Turkmenistan", also known as the "National Anthem of Independent Neutral Turkmenistan" (Turkmen: Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni), was adopted as the national anthem of Turkmenistan 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 Turkmen SSR's regional anthem.
| English: National Anthem of Independent, Neutral Turkmenistan | |
|---|---|
National anthem of  Turkmenistan | |
| Lyrics | Collectively, 2008 |
| Music | Veli Mukhatov |
| Adopted | 27 September 1996 (original version) |
| Readopted | 2008 (current version) |
| Preceded by | "Anthem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic" |
| Audio sample | |
U.S. Navy Band instrumental version
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The lyrics were originally written by the first president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov (also known as Turkmenbashi), who died on 21 December 2006. Less than two years after his death, the reference to Turkmenbashi in the chorus was replaced with "the people",[3] and both the third and final verse and the chorus at the start of the piece were removed. The national anthem is played at the start of radio and television broadcasts at 6:55 a.m. local time and played again when radio and television stations sign off.[4]
History
Until 1996, Turkmenistan, which received independence a few years earlier, used the Turkmen SSR anthem without words as the state 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", in reference to the first leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, was used from 1997 to 2008, when it was given minor changes when his successor, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, ordered to do so following Niyazov's death in 2006.
Lyrics
Current Version
| Turkmen original (Latin)[5][6][7] | Turkmen Cyrillic | Turkmen Perso-Arabic | IPA transcription as sung[8][lower-alpha 2] | English translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
I |
I |
١ |
I |
I |
1997–2008 Version
| Turkmen original (current orthography)[10] | Turkmen original (1993–1999 orthography) | Cyrillic script | Perso-Arabic script | IPA transcription as sung[11][lower-alpha 2] | English translation[12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaýtalama: |
Gaÿtalama: |
Гайталама: |
قايتالاما: قايتالاما |
[ɢɑj.tɑ.ɫɑ.mɑ] |
Chorus: |
Notes
- The title is sometimes also ambiguously translated as "Independent, Neutral Turkmenistan State Anthem", a literal translation from the title in Turkmen. Since the Cyrillic script is still widely used for Turkmen, it is rendered in Cyrillic as: Гарашсыз, Битарап Түркменистаның Дөвлет Гимни. The title in the Arabic script is written as: قاراشسؽز، بيتاراپ تۆرکمنيستانؽنگ دولت گيمنى. The title is pronounced: [ɢɑɾɑʃˈθɯð | bitɑˈɾɑp tʏɾkmɛnɪθtɑˈnɯɴ dœβˈlɛt ɟimˈnɪ]
- See Help:IPA/Turkmen and Turkmen grammar § Phonology.
References
- Turkmenistan to the Heights of the Golden Age, Ashgabat, 2005.
- Nee, Patrick W. (2014-04-04). Key Facts on Turkmenistan: Essential Information on Turkmenistan. The Internationalist. p. 15.
- "Absolute leader's name dropped from anthem". Reuters. Dec 16, 2008. Retrieved Jul 7, 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Asgabat tv turkmenistan anthem and closedown HD". Sep 7, 2015. Retrieved Jul 7, 2019 – via YouTube.
- "Türkmenistanyň Döwlet senasy hakynda". Türkmenistanyň Baş Prokuraturasy. 2008. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- "Türkmenistanyň Döwlet senasy". Türkmenistanda saýlawlary we sala salşyklary geçirmek barada merkezi topar. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- "Türkmenistanyň Döwlet senasy/Türkmenistanyň Ylymlar akademiýasy". Türkmenistanyň Ylymlar akademiýasy. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- Ian Berwick (2017-02-12). "National Anthem: Turkmenistan - Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- Türkmen Ýazuw Kadalary (توركمن يازوو قادالاري). Margush.ir.
- "Döwlet Gimni/Türkmenistanyň Ylymlar akademiýasy". science.gov.tm. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- Anthems Therapy Archives (2018-09-24). "National Anthem of Turkmenistan (1997-2008) - "Garaşsyz Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- Türkmenbasy, Saparmyrat (2004-08-26). [inteltrends.files.wordpress.com "Ruhnama"]. inteltrends.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
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External links
- Turkmenistan: Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni - Audio of the national anthem of Turkmenistan, with information and lyrics (archive link)
- Instrumental version of "Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem" in RealAudio
- Ruhnama - Songs and Video Clips (archive link) - This website dedicated to the Ruhnama features a page with a vocal version of the National Anthem, as well as other songs and video clips.