State Border Service of Turkmenistan explained

Agencyname:State Border Guard Service of Turkmenistan
Patch:Turkmenistan police patch.jpg
Patchcaption:Emblem of the State Border Guard Service
Preceding1:Soviet Border Troops
Country:Turkmenistan
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Speciality1:border
Headquarters:Ashgabat
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Chief1name:Colonel Ýazgeldi Bäşimowiç Nuryýew[1] [2]
Chief1position:Chief of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan, Commander of Border Troops
Parentagency:Ministry for National Security
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The State Border Service (SBS) (Turkmen: Döwlet Serhet Gullugy, DSG) also commonly known by its paramilitary force as the Turkmen Border Troops (Turkmen: Türkmenistan Serhet Garawul) is a border guard agency of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan. It is currently a public service department of the government of the country and is under the command of the Ministry for National Security of Turkmenistan.

History

The service was established on 11 August 1992, by order of President Saparmyrat Nyýazow, on the basis of the Soviet Border Troops in the Turkestan Military District.[3] Until 1997, the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan included the Border Troops of the Ministry of Defense, which were then transformed into the State Border Service. It cooperated with Russian border guards who remained in country until 1999 as a result of a joint Russian–Turkmen agreement on the protection of the state border of Turkmenistan, which was signed in 1993. It slowly evolved to meet the standards of its counterparts, with the DSG being allowed to inspect goods and other items transported across the border of Turkmenistan in April 1998. At the end of 2001, 3 new border detachments were created, with 2 (in Kushka and Köýtendag), being intensified the cover of the Afghan border to prevent Taliban fighters from taking refuge in the country during the War in Afghanistan. Recently, the service created a separate naval border patrol division stationed in Türkmenbaşy.[4] In 2014, there were several incidents for the service along the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, including one in February when Turkmen border guards killed a militant who crossed the border illegally and in retaliation three Turkmen border guards were killed later that month. Later that May, three Turkmen guards were killed by an armed group crossing the border from Ghormach District, Afghanistan.

Responsibilities

The main tasks of the service include the following:

The head of the service is a member of the Council of Border Guard Commanders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).[5]

Structure

Breastplate "Valiant Border Guard"

The Breastplate "Valiant Border Guard" is the state medal designed to honour members of the DSG. It consists of medals in both the first and second degrees. It has the shape of a regular green octagon, which is one of the main elements of the State Emblem of Turkmenistan, inscribed in an circle with a diameter of 40 mm. It was created on 20 December 2005.[10]

Leadership

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: УКАЗ Президента Туркменистана О НУРЫЕВЕ Я.Б.. 27 January 2021. parahat.info. Russian.
  2. News: УКАЗ Президента Туркменистана О присвоении подполковнику НУРЫЕВУ Я.Б. воинского звания полковник. 27 January 2021. parahat.info. Russian.
  3. Web site: Президент Туркменистана поздравил пограничников | Общество | ИП "ТУРКМЕНинформ". turkmeninform.com.
  4. Web site: Agentura.ru - Государственная пограничная служба Туркменистана. https://web.archive.org/web/20121114025436/http://www.agentura.ru/press/about/jointprojects/greatgame/pogranturkmen/. dead. 14 November 2012. 14 November 2012.
  5. Web site: Совет командующих Пограничными войсками. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518065340/http://www.skpw.ru/History_skpw.htm. dead. 18 May 2015. 18 May 2015.
  6. Web site: turkmenportal. В центре Ашхабада открылось новое здание центрального аппарата Государственной пограничной службы Туркменистана Политика. 12 September 2020. Туркменистан, интернет портал о культурной, деловой и развлекательной жизни в Туркменистане. ru.
  7. Web site: Интернациональный долг. 12 September 2020. 100 ЛЕТ НА ОХРАНЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ГРАНИЦЫ.
  8. Web site: serhetabat-dovletabat.gov.tm. 12 September 2020. serhetabat-dovletabat.gov.tm.
  9. Web site: goşun. Milli. "Türkmen alabaý" merkezi açyldy. 24 December 2020. Milli goşun. tk.
  10. Web site: Государственные награды. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221211304/http://www.ambturkm.org.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=23. 21 February 2014. 15 February 2014. Официальный сайт посольства Туркменистана на Украине. dead.
  11. Web site: Archived copy . 22 September 2018 . 18 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102250/http://www.centrasia.ru/person2.php?&st=1013880101 . dead .
  12. Web site: 16 January 2017. В тюрьме скончался бывший командующий Погранвойсками Туркменистана Тиркиш Тырмыев. 20 December 2020. Хроника Туркменистана. ru-RU.
  13. News: Exit Of 'Gray Cardinal' Could Be Turkmen Milestone. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 23 January 2009 . 21 September 2018. Pannier . Bruce .
  14. Web site: Командующий погранвойсками Туркмении отправлен в отставку за пьянство. 3 November 2006. NEWSru.
  15. Web site: Berdymukhamedov replaces heads of National Security Ministry and Frontier Service. vestnikkavkaza.net.
  16. News: УКАЗ Президента Туркменистана О ДУРДЫЕВЕ Ш.А.. 27 January 2021. parahat.info. Russian.

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