Editing Ashgabat (section)

===Parks and squares===
Ashgabat has many parks and open spaces, mainly established in the early years of the Independence and well maintained and expanded thereafter. The most important of these parks are: the Botanical Garden, Güneş, Turkmen-Turkish friendship, Independence. The oldest city park, [[Ashgabat (park)|Ashgabat]], was founded in 1887 and is colloquially known as First Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/17718.html|title=Monument-symbol of city and amusement park inaugurated in Ashgabat – Turkmenistan.ru|website=www.turkmenistan.ru|access-date=August 2, 2017|archive-date=August 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005639/http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/17718.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the center of Ashgabat is the [[Inspiration Alley]], an art-park complex which is a favorite place for many locals. The amusement park [[World of Turkmenbashi Tales]] is a local equivalent to [[Disneyland]]. Squares: 10 Years of Turkmenistan Independence, Magtymguly, Eternal Flame, Zelili, Chyrchyk, [[Independence Square, Ashgabat|Garashsyzlyk]], March 8, Gerogly, Dolphin, 15 years of Independence, Ruhyýet, 10 ýyl Abadançylyk, Ylham and Tashkent.

The [[Ashgabat Botanical Garden]] was founded on 1 October 1929, and is the oldest botanical garden in [[Central Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=7815 |title=Ашхабадскому ботсаду – 85 лет |access-date=February 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611013301/http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=7815 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoabad.com/priroda-i-yekologija-turkmenistana/ashhabadskii-botanicheskii-sad-stareishii-v-regione.html |title=Ашхабадский ботанический сад старейший в регионе |access-date=February 27, 2020 |archive-date=February 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227071830/http://infoabad.com/priroda-i-yekologija-turkmenistana/ashhabadskii-botanicheskii-sad-stareishii-v-regione.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sng.today/ashkhabad/10813-v-ashhabade-nachali-rekonstruirovat-botanicheskij-sad.html|title=В Ашхабаде начали реконструировать Ботанический сад » "СНГ СЕГОДНЯ" - последние новости стран СНГ читайте на SNG.TODAY|website="СНГ СЕГОДНЯ" - последние новости стран СНГ читайте на SNG.TODAY}}</ref> It covers a territory of approximately 18 hectares, and contains a live exhibition of more than 500 different species of plants coming from various parts of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=17413 |title=Ашхабадский ботанический сад: день вчерашний и завтрашний |access-date=February 27, 2020 |archive-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219151010/http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=17413 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/20842/botanicheskii-sad-v-ashhabade-budet-rekonstruirovan|title=Ботанический сад в Ашхабаде будет реконструирован &#124; Технологии}}</ref>

==== Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex ====
[[File:Eternal glory monument.jpg|thumb|[[Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex]]]]
[[Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex]] was opened in 2014 in remembrance of those killed in the [[Battle of Geok Tepe]] in 1881, during [[World War II]], and to commemorate of the victims of the [[1948 Ashgabat earthquake]]. It is located in the southwestern part of the city on Bekreve street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.akorda.kz/ru/page/page_218581_poseshchenie-memorialnogo-kompleksa-|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211095522/http://www.akorda.kz/ru/page/page_218581_poseshchenie-memorialnogo-kompleksa-|url-status=dead|title=Посещение Мемориального комплекса "Народная память"|archivedate=December 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/articles/40140.html|title=Президент Туркменистана принял участие в открытии мемориального комплекса и траурных мероприятиях Дня памяти – Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru|website=www.turkmenistan.ru|access-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref>

==== Magtymguly Pyragy Cultural and Park Complex ====

In 2024, monuments dedicated to 24 foreign writers and poets were erected in the [[Magtymguly Pyragy]] Cultural and Park Complex in Ashgabat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/78194/v-ashhabade-otkrylas-novaya-alleya-s-pamyatnikami-24-vydayushchimsya-pisatelyam-i-poetam|title=В Ашхабаде открылась новая Аллея с памятниками 24 выдающимся писателям и поэтам &#124; Общество}}</ref> These statues honor renowned figures such as [[Sayat-Nova]], [[Yanka Kupala]], [[Du Fu]], [[Honoré de Balzac]], [[Shota Rustaveli]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], [[Sándor Petőfi]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Hafez Shirazi]], [[Dante Alighieri]], [[Yasunari Kawabata]], [[Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly]], [[Chingiz Aitmatov]], [[Raja Ali Haji]], [[Adam Mickiewicz]], [[Mihai Eminescu]], [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]], [[Juan Ramón Jiménez|Juan Jiménez]], {{ill|Sayido Nasafiy|uz}}, [[Yunus Emre]], [[Hryhorii Skovoroda]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Langston Hughes]] and [[Alisher Navoi]]. Each sculpture captures the essence and unique spirit of the artist's work.