| Aşgabat | |
| Owner: | Government of Turkmenistan |
| Country: | Turkmenistan |
| Headquarters: | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Language: | Turkmen |
Aşgabat is a Turkmen state-run channel that specializes in the national capital.
The channel broadcasts for sixteen hours on average (7:00 to 23:00). Fixed programming is limited to nine daily Habarlar bulletins (7:00, 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, 21:00, 22:30) and Ýol hereketiniň howpsuzlygy — ömrümiziň rahatlygy (Road Safety is the Comfort of Our Life), a prevention program. The rest of the schedule consists of blocks of specialized programming, mostly social and political.[1] The channel shares much of its output with Altyn Asyr.[2]
In early February 2011, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow announced the creation of the Aşgabat channel with the signing of a descree for its creation. On 1 October 2011, the channel started broadcasting as the sixth television channel to open in Turkmenistan.[3]
In September 2012, the channel's director Orazdurdy Hojanazarow was reprimanded for "unsatisfactory development of official functions and deficiencies at work".[4]