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Turkmenization en · NOUN

Etymology

From Turkmen + -ization.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of Turkmenizing.
    • Niyazov has stepped up Turkmenization of society, including the introduction of a stringent language law which could alienate both non-Turkmen and Turkmen alike. 2004, Sally Cummings, Power and Change in Central Asia, Routledge, →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. 2013, Alexei Vassiliev, Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-Soviet Era, Saqi, →ISBN:
    • 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). 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: