SMS API for Turkmenistan: bulk SMS to +993 numbers
Turkmenistan
Calling code +993
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00727
- Messages for $100
- 13,755
- Local language
- Turkmen
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to Turkmenistan costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00727 | $0.01454 |
| 1,000 | $7.27 | $14.54 |
| 10,000 | $72.70 | $145.40 |
| 100,000 | $727.00 | $1,454.00 |
Number format in Turkmenistan
Mobile numbers in Turkmenistan have 8 digits after +993. Locally they are written with a leading 8 (8 66 123456); in the API that 8 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +993 66 123456.
Alphabet and segments
Texts in Turkmen fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use ç, ň, ş, ý and ž: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.
Time zone and timing
Turkmenistan keeps UTC+5 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Ashgabat is always 04:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Turkmenistan with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (TM) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.
For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.
curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to": "+99366123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+99366123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00727", country: "TM"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+99366123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.00727"What developers send to Turkmenistan
Utility alerts
Utility companies in Ashgabat and Mary send SMS to notify customers about bill payments and service interruptions.
Travel updates
Travel agencies in Turkmenistan send SMS to tourists about flight changes or tour schedules for destinations like Darvaza Gas Crater.
Government notices
Public services send SMS to residents in regions like Balkanabat about important announcements or policy updates.
Event reminders
Cultural organizations in Ashgabat use SMS to remind attendees about festivals or exhibitions.
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SMS to Turkmenistan: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Turkmenistan?
How many SMS to Turkmenistan does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Turkmenistan numbers for the API?
Which language should SMS be sent in?
How to reach expatriates and visitors?
Start sending to Turkmenistan
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Turkmenistan at $0.00727 per segment, from the console or with one API call.