Aygyl Tajiyeva
Aygyl Tajiyeva (? - July 22, 2009) was a Turkmen activist and politician.[1]
Tajiyeva was a member of the Assembly of Turkmenistan during the early 1990s following the independence of Turkmenistan from the Soviet Union.[1] She became an opposition critic of the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov and his government's increasingly repressive policies.[1]
Tajiyeva and her family were forced to leave Turkmenistan in 2002.[1] She settled as an exile in Sweden.[1]
She became a contributor to Radio Free Europe's Turkmen Service while in exile.[1] She gave her last interview to Radio Free Europe on July 21, 2009, but ended the session early because she did not feel well.[1]
Aygyl Tajiyeva died of a stroke on July 22, 2009, in Sweden at the age of 64.[1] She was buried on July 24, 2009, near Stockholm, Sweden.[1]