Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "LGBT rights in Turkmenistan" in English language version.
(Article 135 of the Criminal Code). This article imposes imprisonment for up to two years..." [...] "The legislation of the country does not impose penalties for sexual intercourse between women.
Homosexuality: Male illegal, female legal
In Turkmenistan, a 2019 amendment to the Penal Code reflected that the maximum punishment for sodomy had been increased to five years' imprisonment, as compared to two years in the 1997 Code.
...two years' imprisonment for sodomy, stipulated by article 135 of the Turkmen Criminal Code. Before Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow came to power in 2007, the article on sodomy was rarely enforced
Sodomy, that is, sexual intercourse between a man and a man, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years, with the imposition of a duty residence in a certain area for a period of two to five years.
