Turkmen military academies

The Armed Forces of Turkmenistan currently funds 2 high ranking educational institutions: The Military Academy of Turkmenistan and the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan. Aside from those two schools, there are several military schools around the country, specializing in the training of personnel of a branches of service. In the early 1990s when the armed forces were rapidly being developed, many officers were trained in the Russian Federation's Ministry of Defense, while at least 300 officers were sent to schools in Turkey.^[1] On 3 October 1992, the Turkmen State University created the first Turkmen educational department.^[2] This article lists institutions of the Turkmen Armed Forces based on its respective agency and service branch.^[3][4]