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From the beginning of 1990’s international system has gone through a period that political and economic transformation were active. Economic and sociopolitical developments, which were the results of the Soviet Union’s collapse, have come up with remarkable changes for the Central Asian region. The region, which is known with its quite wealthy natural sources and huge amount of energy reserves, has aroused interest of the super and regional powers. Turkmenistan has taken its place on world’s agenda again with the ‘Ukraine Crisis’. The main aim of this article is to analyze Turkmenistan’s energy policy since the its independence. The article also analyzes the political importance of Turkmenistan’s natural gas in the so called New Great Game, and Turkey’s role on it. 

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