Ashgabat - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the relative size of the expatriate community? How would you describe overall morale among expatriates?
Small, but close-knit. - Dec 2020
Most expats are associated with the school. There are a few businessmen in town. - Mar 2019
It is a small, welcoming, and friendly community. Overall morale is good. - Jun 2018
EXTREMELY small American community but the morale is pretty high - Feb 2016
The expat community is quite small, as there are few western embassies (UK, France, Romania, Germany, Italy, Japan, S. Korea, Turkey, Malaysia) in Ashgabat and most are staffed only by two-three individuals. Teachers at AIS and a couple of expat business reps round out the community. All face the same constant frustrations of working in Turkmenistan, so morale varies. - Jul 2014
Too small. - Oct 2012
Small -- very small. - Mar 2012
