Military of Turkmenistan
| Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Türkmenistanyň Ýaragly Güýçleri |
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Roundel of Turkmenistan
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| Founded | circa 1992 |
| Service branches |
Turkmen National Guard |
| Headquarters | Galkynysh str.4, Ashkabad |
| Leadership | |
| President of Turkmenistan | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow |
| Minister of Defence | Colonel General Yaylym Berdiev |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Conscription | 24 months (IISS 2012) |
| Active personnel | 22,000 (Army 18,500, Air Force 3,000, Navy 500) |
| Reserve personnel | formerly 108,000, not since 2007 at least. |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $198 million (FY10) (IISS 2012) |
| Percent of GDP | 3.4% (FY10) |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |
 Russia China United States Turkey Azerbaijan Uzbekistan India Kazakhstan Iran
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Turkmen National Guard
Turkmen Ground Forces
Turkmen Air Force and Air Defense Forces
Turkmen Navy
Turkmen Internal Troops
Turkmen Border Troops
The Armed Forces of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Ýaragly Güýçleri) consists of an Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Troops, and Internal Troops, and a National Guard. After the fall of the Soviet Union, significant elements of the Soviet Armed Forces Turkestan Military District remained on Turkmen soil, including several motor rifle divisions. In June 1992, the new Russian government signed a bilateral defence treaty with Turkmenistan, encouraging the new Turkmen government to create its own armed forces but stipulating that they were to be placed under joint command.
The Library of Congress Country Studies said that 'the Treaty on Joint Measures signed by Russia and Turkmenistan in July 1992 provided for the Russian Federation to act as guarantor of Turkmenistan's security and made former Soviet army units in the republic the basis of the new national armed forces. The treaty stipulated that, apart from border troops and air force and air defense units remaining under Russian control, the entire armed forces would be under joint command, which would gradually devolve to exclusive command by Turkmenistan over a period of ten years. For a transitional period of five years, Russia would provide logistical support and pay Turkmenistan for the right to maintain special installations, while Turkmenistan would bear the costs of housing, utilities, and administration.'
CAST's Moscow Defence Brief said that '..In 1992-1993 Turkmenistan attempted to create a small national armed force based on the former 52nd Army (Soviet Union), which was located in the country and depended on support from Russia. Of the 300 formations and units, numbering 110,000 people, 200 were transferred to the command of Turkmenistan, 70 remained under Russia's jurisdiction, and 30 were either withdrawn or demobilized.
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