{{for|the village in Iran|Dushak, Iran}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Duşak | native_name = | other_name = Duşak şäherçesi | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Turkmenistan | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Turkmenistan | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name = {{flag|Turkmenistan}} | subdivision_name1 = Ahal Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Kaka District | established_title = | established_date = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2022 official census | population_footnotes = | population_total = 20,541 | population_urban = 8,405 | population_rural = 12,136 | population_metro = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_density_km2 = | timezone = | utc_offset = +5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|37|11|39|N|60|0|46|E|region:TM|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Duşak''' is a town on the rim of the Kopet Dag mountains in Kaka District, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brummell, Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fG9zk5Y3MugC&dq=Dushak%2C+turkmenistan&pg=PA127|title=Bradt Travel Guide Turkmenistan|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|year=2006|page=127|isbn=1-84162-144-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Briton Cooper Busch| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yz_OVCTNI04C&dq=Dushak+1918&pg=PA46|title=Mudros to Lausanne: Britain's frontier in West Asia, 1918-1923|publisher=SUNY Press|year=1976|page=46|isbn=0-87395-265-0}}</ref> The town is renowned for the Battle of Duşak between British and Bolshevik forces. President Serdar Berdimuhamedow was first elected to the Assembly of Turkmenistan in the Duşak electoral district in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Radiosy |first=Azatlyk |date=2025-04-18 |title=Tejeniň otly menzilinden kowulýan azyk söwdagärleri Duşak şäherçesine süýşýär |url=https://www.azathabar.com/a/tejenin-otly-menzilinden-kowulyan-azyk-sowdagarleri-dusak-sahercesinin-otly-menziline-suysyar/33389228.html |access-date=2026-02-08 |work=Azatlyk Radiosy |language=tk}}</ref> In 2022, it had a population of 8,405 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Türkmenistanyň Statistika baradaky döwlet komiteti |url=https://www.stat.gov.tm/population-census |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=www.stat.gov.tm}}</ref>
== Dependencies == Duşak as a town has only a single dependent rural village: Şükür bagşy.
== See also == * List of municipalities in Ahal Province * Railway stations in Turkmenistan * Towns of Turkmenistan
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==External links== *[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=dushak%2C+turkmenistan Flickr images]
Category:Populated places in Ahal Region Category:Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
{{Turkmenistan-geo-stub}} Category:Towns in Turkmenistan