found: BGN, 12-12-91(Turkmenistan [conventional]; ADM1; 40°00ʹN 60°00ʹE; former name: Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika; approved by FNC)
found: BGN per phone, 12-31-91(U.S. Dept. of State has not recognized Turkmenistan 'de jure' as independent political entity)
found: BGN. Foreign names info. bull., February 1992, surrogate:page 5 (former name: Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika [Russian]; Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic [conventional]; ADM1: new name: Turkmenistan [brief], Republic of: PCL1, 40°00ʹN, 60°00ʹE)
found: LC Russian books file, 04-12-95(1992-93 headings.: Turkmenistan; usage: Turkmenistan, Respublika Turkmenistan)
found: CIA. Russia: admin. divisions [MAP] August, 1994:(Turkmenistan)
found: GEOnet WWW, 06-04-96(Turkmenistan [conventional]; Turkmenistan [Turkmen], PCL1: 40°00ʹ00ʺN, 60°00ʹ00ʺE)
found: The statesman's year-book, 1995-1996:page 423 (Turkmenistan; Turkmenostan Respublikasy [in roman])
found: Wikipedia, July 27, 2018(Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Tu̇rkmenistan), formerly known as Turkmenia, is a sovereign state in Central Asia; 40°N 60°E)
found: GACS, July 27, 2018(Turkmenistan. Broader Concept: Central Asia. Arabic: تركمانستان = Turkmānistān; Chinese: 土库曼斯坦 = Tukumansitan; Hungarian: Türkmenisztán; Japanese: トルクメニスタン = Torukumenisutan; Korean: 투르크메니스탄 = T'urŭk'ŭmenisŭt'an; Persian: ترکمنستان = Turkmanistān; Portuguese: Turcomenistão) - http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C214 found: National Library of Israel, in VIAF, July 27, 2018(טורקמניסטן = Ṭurḳmanisṭan)
notfound: LC data base, 12-31-91 (heading.: Turkmen S.S.R.)
