What English-language monthly international financial affairs publication stated that Halkbank was in 2011 awarded the title of Best Bank of the Year in Turkmenistan?
Halk Bank Halk Bank ("People's Bank"), or Halkbank, is a Turkmen state-owned bank, headquartered in Ashgabat. A network of Halkbank offices covers the whole territory of Turkmenistan, providing a wide range of services to the public. According to The Banker, Halkbank was in 2011 awarded the title of "Best Bank of the Year in Turkmenistan".
People's Council of Turkmenistan The Halk Maslahaty ("Халк Маслахаты" ]; "People's Council") was the highest representative body in Turkmenistan (Article 45 of the 1992 Constitution). It was abolished in the new constitution of 2008. Before 1991, it was known as the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.