Claim: The Caspian Sea is bounded by the Republic of Turkmenistan to the southeast.
Evidence: It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast.
Turkmenistan -LRB- -LSB- tɜːrkmɛnᵻˈstɑːn -RSB- Türkmenistan / Түркменистан / توركمنستان , -LSB- tyɾkmeniˈθtɑn -RSB- -RRB- , formerly known as Turkmenia , is a country in Central Asia , bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest , Uzbekistan to the north and east , Afghanistan to the southeast , Iran to the south and southwest , and the Caspian Sea to the west.