Turkmenistan

News coverage about Turkmenistan accounts for 0.025% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 10.4% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -2.02 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.025%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+10.4%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-2.02
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Turkmenistan coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.03% on 2026-08-200.000.100.20May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Turkmenistan coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -2.02 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Turkmenistan: 8 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-090.002.55.0May 29Jun 20Jul 1Jul 29Aug 9

Diplomacy (5/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Turkmenistan: 81 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-08-190.00100200May 26Jun 9Jun 23Jul 8Jul 24Aug 8Aug 19

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in Turkmenistan: 39 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-160.005.010.0May 30Jun 9Jun 20Jun 30Jul 17Aug 8Aug 16

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Turkmenistan, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 0% of the coverage about Turkmenistan came from outlets based in Turkmenistan — the rest was written from abroad (905 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Turkmenistan from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-190.000.501.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

Share of articles about Turkmenistan produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Ashgabat (17)
  • Turkmenbashi (1)

Places named in coverage about Turkmenistan on 2026-08-19 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Turkmenistan

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$49.8B
World Bank, 2025
Population
7.6M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
28.2%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.9%
World Bank, 1999

Coverage share measures articles published by Turkmenistan-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).