Turkmenistan
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- republic; authoritarian presidential government
- CONSTITUTION
- May 18, 1992, replaced by a new one on September 26, 2008
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral Parliament composed of the National Assembly (Majlis)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President
RELIGIONS
89% Muslims, 9% Eastern Orthodox, 2% unknown
From the country
- JANUARY 6, 1999TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 6, President Saparmurat Niyazov signed an...
On January 6, President Saparmurat Niyazov signed an order for a one-year moratorium on executions during a meeting with members of the Supreme Court
- JANUARY 1, 1999TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
According to Interfax, 700 people were sentenced to...
According to Interfax, 700 people were sentenced to death in Turkmenistan in 1998, 90% of them for drug-trafficking