The May issue of ‘Arkadagly Ýaşlar’ magazine opens with articles about significant events in the life of Turkmenistan. The front pages feature a report on the triumph of the ‘Arkadag’ football club, which won the AFC Challenge League, and the celebrations held to mark this achievement. This was reported by the state information agency ‘Turkmenistan Today’.

The issue pays special attention to patriotic themes: the article ‘Watan goragy belent jogapkärçilik, jana-jan borç’ is dedicated to Victory Day, and the article ‘Gözelligiň göwher gaşy’ tells about the beauty of white marble Ashgabat on City Day.

The magazine includes materials on international cooperation, in particular a report on the second meeting of the Central Asian Youth Dialogue at the UN headquarters in New York, an analysis of cooperation between the countries of the region and China, and an article on economic partnership. The scientific section ‘Ýaşlar ylym dünýäsinde’ presents readers with research by young scientists, while articles on the archaeological site of Yekegovak and ecology complement the informative section. As usual, the issue includes poetry, an astrological forecast and the results of the ‘Ýaş waspçy’ competition.