Editing Uzbek language (section)

=== Turkmenistan ===
In Turkmenistan since the 2000s the government conducted a forced "[[Turkmenization]]" of ethnic Uzbeks living in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-24 |title="Туркменизация" руководящих кадров в Дашогузе |url=https://memohrc.org/ru/news/turkmenizaciya-rukovodyashchih-kadrov-v-dashoguze |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Правозащитный центр «Мемориал»}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iamik.ru/news/zarubezhe/49082/ |title=iamik.ru — Туркменизация узбеков |access-date=17 June 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617183617/https://iamik.ru/news/zarubezhe/49082/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-02 |title=В Туркмении завершается принудительная туркменизация |url=https://www.vb.kg/doc/351382_v_tyrkmenii_zavershaetsia_prinyditelnaia_tyrkmenizaciia.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Вечерний Бишкек}}</ref> In the Soviet years and in the 1990s, the Uzbek language was used freely in Turkmenistan. There were several hundred schools in the Uzbek language, many newspapers were published in this language. Now there are only a few Uzbek schools in the country, as well as a few newspapers in Uzbek. Despite this, the Uzbek language is still considered to be one of the recognized languages of national minorities in this country. Approximately 300,000–600,000 Uzbeks live in Turkmenistan. Most of the Uzbek speakers live in [[Daşoguz Region|Dashoghuz Velayat]], as well as in [[Lebap Region|Lebap Velayat]] and partly in [[Ashgabat|Ashghabad]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-14 |title=Туркменские узбеки тихо ликуют и следят за Мирзиёевым |url=https://365info.kz/2018/04/turkmenskie-uzbeki-tiho-likuyut-i-sledyat-za-mirziyoevym |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=365info.kz |language=ru-KZ}}</ref>