OREANDA-NEWS. On 24 March 2009 was announced, that Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed leading ministries and their subordinate organizations to find a suitable location and design a detailed project for construction of a new city on the coast of the Caspian Sea close to the tourist zone Awaza. The head of state chaired a cabinet meeting in the city of Turkmenbashi on 20 March. The president said there was no need to build new housing estates in the city.