Turkmenization

Turkmenization

English

Etymology

Turkmen +‎ -ization

Noun

Turkmenization (uncountable)

1. the act or process of Turkmenizing.
   • 2004, Sally Cummings, Power and Change in Central Asia, Routledge (→ISBN)

     Niyazov has stepped up Turkmenization of society, including the introduction of a stringent language law which could alienate both non-Turkmen and Turkmen alike.

   • 2011, Jacob M. Landau, Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Language Politics in Contemporary Central Asia: National and Ethnic Identity and the Soviet Legacy, I.B.Tauris (→ISBN), page 161:

     Niyazov's Turkmenization project, declaring Turkmenistan the 'home of ethnic Turkmen', left little room for the development of the other ethnies and their languages (IRIN 2005).

   • 2013, Alexei Vassiliev, Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-Soviet Era, Saqi (→ISBN)

     Rapid Turkmenization of the leadership occurred after independence, when Russian-speakers immediately resigned from positions at the head of the Supreme Court, Prosecutor's Office, Committee for People's Control, KGB, Ministry of Internal Affairs, to be replace by Turkmens.