The country's first constitution recognized the equal rights of women.

Nature shall be the subject of those rights that the Constitution recognizes for it.

The association saw its constitution officially recognized on 1 February 1896.

The constitution explicitly recognizes the separation of church and state.

The Constitution recognises the family as a natural society founded on marriage.

The Constitution does not recognize the right to strike.

The current Constitution of 1982 neither recognizes an official religion nor promotes any.

The constitution recognized the right of suffrage for women and black men who met certain property requirements.

The 1992 constitution of independent Turkmenistan recognized private land ownership.

Since that year, the constitution, while maintaining the official position, has also recognized the individual's right to their own conscience concerning these matters.