Aygyl Tajiyeva
Aygyl Tajiyeva (27 August 1944 – 22 July 2009) was a Turkmen activist and politician.[1]
Born in Mary, in 1990 she became a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR for a district of Daşoguz Province.[2]
Tajiyeva was a member of the Assembly of Turkmenistan during the early 1990s following the independence of Turkmenistan from the Soviet Union.[1] She became an opposition critic of the President of Turkmenistan Niyazov and his government's increasingly repressive policies.[1]
Tajiyeva and her family were forced to leave Turkmenistan in 2002.[1] She settled as an exile in Sweden.[1]
She became a contributor to Radio Free Europe's Turkmen Service while in exile.[1] She gave her last interview to Radio Free Europe on 21 July 2009, but ended the session early because she did not feel well.[1]
Aygyl Tajiyeva died of a stroke on 22 July 2009 in Sweden at the age of 64.[1] She was buried on 24 July 2009 near Stockholm, Sweden.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Turkmen Activist Dies In Exile". Radio Free Europe. 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ "AGZYBIRLIGIÑ" BAİRY AGZALARYNYÑ BIRI, LUKMAN ZENAN AİGÜL TÄJIİEWA ARADAN ÇYKDY". agzybirlik.com. 2009-07-23. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- 2009 deaths
- People from Mary, Turkmenistan
- Members of the Assembly of Turkmenistan
- Turkmenistan activists
- Turkmenistan human rights activists
- Turkmenistan exiles
- Soviet women in politics
- 1944 births
- 20th-century Turkmenistan women politicians
- 20th-century Turkmenistan politicians
- 21st-century Turkmenistan women politicians
- 21st-century Turkmenistan politicians