and traditions mean the adoption of the majority’s will as the social principle. The Türkmen nation is a people which has provided the best examples of living together. The ancestors of the Türkmens said, “Turn your face to the direction where the majority turn their faces.” This is freedom.

The way of freedom is the way of the national perceptions and national spirit. The national principles relating to the establishment of the Türkmen nation’s life depend on the experience of freedom and the essentiality of making use of it. Without taking into consideration the national culture, not every socio-cultural development can be agreed by every individual. So such developments will only remain on paper. Therefore, it is most important for the Türkmen to lead the spiritual way. Walking along this way in consideration of contemporary needs, we will make progress more easily. The way of freedom of the Türkmens is only co-existent with proper, lawful, deeds and spiritual power. Honesty is society’s demand from the individual; freedom is the value of the individual that finds repetition in society.

In order that the nation could have self-confidence, trust in its power and future and be proud, the nation should be informed of the eminence of its past.

This is the first condition of not going to extremes.

For going to extremes means losing one’s way, which means diverting from the way.

For the first time in Türkmen history, the Türkmen’s past is praised as a whole.

For the first time in the nation’s history, a Türkmen state has been established on the basis of its own moral and national