Turkmenistan
"Garaşsyz, Bitarap Türkmenistanyň" (Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem)
Words by: collectively
Music by: Veli Mukhatov
In use: 1997-2008
Turkmenistan adopted its own anthem after using the anthem used as a Soviet socialist republic a few years after independence. The composer of the music also composed the former anthem. The first line of the anthem referenced the President, and the anthem was slightly changed after his late 2006 death.
See also: Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan (1946-1997).
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