Penalty: up to 2 years | ||
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Same-sex sexual activity legal? Male illegal
Female legal | ||
Male homosexuality is illegal in Turkmenistan and is punished by imprisonment for the term of up to two years.
Criminal Code of 1997 (Effective 1 January 1998)
Article 135. Sodomy
"(1) Sodomy, that is the sexual relations of the man with the man, is punished by imprisonment for the term of up to two years."
References
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