On November 13, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, during his stay in Turkmenbashi city, at the request of Cabinet Deputy Chairman S.Toilyev and Minister of Health and Medical Industry of the country N.Amannepesov, got acquainted with the state of affairs at the construction of a 400-bed multidisciplinary hospital that has entered the final stage, and also held a working meeting.

Today throughout the country, celebrations were held on the occasion of the Harvest Festival, which sums up the agricultural year, the labor of farmers, symbolizes the fertility of the Turkmen land, the abundance of our sachaks. It reflects the spiritual values and traditions of the Turkmen people, their solidarity, hard work, nobility.

For the great success and high results achieved in strengthening the independence and sovereignty of Turkmenistan, strengthening the economic power of the country, the implementation of state programmes, for the development of the agricultural sector of the national economy, as well as for the merits to the independent state and people of the country, many years of conscientious and exemplary work and, on occasion of the Turkmen Harvest Day, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Decree on awarding the medal "Watana bolan söýgüsi üçin" to some citizens of the country.

On November 13, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who the day before upon completion of his working visit to the Republic of Turkey, arrived in Turkmenbashi city, visited a multifield sports complex built on the seashore and practiced a number of physical exercise with his companions-in-arms there.

Taking into account the significant contribution to strengthening the state independence and sovereignty of Turkmenistan, strengthening the economic power of the country, the implementation of state programmes for the development of the agricultural sector of the national economy, great success in state and public activities and merits to the independent Fatherland and the people of the country, many years of conscientious and exemplary work, as well as on occasion of the 30th anniversary of the great independence of our neutral state and in honor of the Harvest Day, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Decree on awarding the anniversary medal of Turkmenistan "Türkmenistanyň Garaşsyzlygynyň 30 ýyllygyna" to:

An award ceremony was held today, in the capital's Mekan Palace, on behalf of the leader of the nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, for tenants, cotton growers, grain growers, machine operators, agricultural scientists, breeders and other agricultural specialists who make a worthy contribution to the development of the country's agricultural sector.

Today President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has made a working visit to the Republic of Turkey to participate in the VIII Summit of heads of states of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The third session of the Halk Maslakhaty Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan of the first convocation was held today, at which the laws adopted on October 30 during the fifteenth meeting of the Mejlis Milli Gengesh were considered. These regulatory documents have been developed in accordance with the priorities of the socially oriented policy of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and a comprehensive program to modernize the country's legislative and legal framework.

Purposeful work continues within the framework of the program of in-depth study and preservation of the national historical and cultural heritage of Turkmenistan initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the search for its still undisclosed pages bringing its worthy results. New artifacts discovered by Turkmen archaeologists during the autumn excavation season at the Abiverd monument in the Kaakhka etrap of the Ahal velayat are another confirmation of this.

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received reports from the khakims of the Akhal, Balkan, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary velayats on the successful fulfillment of contractual obligations for the production of raw cotton by the country’s farmers.