Wreaths laid at the Atatürk monument in Ashgabat: Turkmenistan and Türkiye speak of "one nation, two states"

On 10 November a wreath-laying ceremony took place at the monument to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ashgabat's Atatürk Park, marking the 88th anniversary of his death. After a minute of silence, the national anthems of Turkmenistan and Türkiye were played.

The ceremony was attended by Türkiye's ambassador to Turkmenistan, representatives of the Ashgabat city administration and public organisations, diplomats, Turkish businessmen, and pupils and students of the joint Turkmen-Turkish school in the capital.

Derya Başarangil of the Turkish embassy spoke about Atatürk's part in building the Turkish state. She described relations between the two countries as a strategic partnership rooted in shared history, language and culture, and summed it up as "one nation, two states".