The decision was made as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which stipulates that prisoners who are required to leave Palestine will be sent to Turkey.

Ankara is planning to build two military bases in Syria in an effort to boost military cooperation between Turkey and Syria. According to Turkish pro-government media, the deal will include the construction of military airfields that could house up to 50 F-16 fighter jets.

The Turkish government is planning to sign a $6 billion defense deal with Saudi Arabia, which could see the kingdom purchase warships, tanks and missiles.

Uzbekistan has signed a contract to purchase ANKA unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured by TUSAŞ (Turkish Aerospace Company). Deliveries of the drones are expected to begin soon.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed Turkey's readiness to resolve the conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a press conference held in Ankara following one-on-one and delegation meetings with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

The Turkish Supreme Court has upheld the 2020 conviction of Abdulkadir Masharipov, who killed 39 people at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul in 2017. He was sentenced to 40 life sentences and 1,368 years in prison on each count.

At least 10 people have died and more than 30 have been injured in a major fire at a ski resort in the Bolu region of Turkey.

The Treaty of Qasr-i Shirin, signed in 1639, defined the borders between Turkey and Iran. These borders have remained unchanged for centuries, withstanding the rise and fall of empires, wars, and shifts in the regional balance of power. While the geography has not changed, relations between the two countries have often been renewed, sometimes gradually, sometimes dramatically. As Syria enters a new era after Bashar al-Assad leaves power, this historical balance is facing new and serious challenges.

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, Kastamonu was named the most religious province in the country. In this province, there is one mosque for every 145 people (a total of 2,605). Samsun came in second (one for every 497 people, a total of 2,751 mosques). Konya, which had previously held the lead, fell to third place with one for every 705 people, a total of 3,255 mosques. For information, the number of mosques in Uzbekistan as a whole, according to Masjid.uz, is 2,043.

A major crisis related to counterfeit dollars has erupted in Turkey. According to experts, there are about 600 million counterfeit dollars on the country's market, most of them in denominations of 50 and 100 dollars. The level of counterfeiting is so high that even ATMs, cash counting machines and many experts cannot distinguish a fake from an original.