According to the UN classification, Turkey has entered the category of countries with an "elderly" population. By the end of 2023, more than 10 percent of the country's population will be 65 and older. This indicator is expected to reach 22.6% by 2060.

The Kazakh military began to install combat modules and carry out missions as part of the UN peacekeeping forces in the Golan Heights.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Ankara intends to eliminate the threat of terrorism and ensure complete security on the border with Iraq by the summer, as well as to complete the ongoing operations in Syria.

Amnesty International has published a report on the demographic situation in the peninsula on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Russia's occupation of Crimea. According to the organization, Russian authorities have tried to destroy Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identity over the past decade through numerous restrictions in areas such as education, religion, the media and the judiciary.

Kazakhstan and Turkey reached an agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of security in the Caspian Sea. This cooperation envisages, among other things, the creation of a "professional emergency rescue service" capable of quick action in the event of oil spills, shipwrecks and fires, as well as the provision of modern technologies necessary for various operations at sea and on land.

Khalaj, one of the oldest Turkic languages in Iran, is on the verge of extinction due to the dwindling number of its speakers. Therefore, the Khalaj language was included in the list of intangible national heritage of Iran. According to information, today about 19 thousand people speak this language.

The largest technology park in the world will be opened in the area of the former Ataturk Airport terminal in Istanbul. More than 25 thousand people work under more than 2000 technology entrepreneurs.

Kazakhstan's KAZAKH AIR airline has received permission to operate regular flights to Uzbekistan. The permit was issued on March 13 to start flights on the Turkestan-Samarkand-Turkestan route.

The United States expressed its readiness to continue working on mitigating the negative impact of sanctions against Russia on Central Asian countries, increasing the volume of trade with the region and increasing the flow of investments there.

Azerbaijan called the resolution "On close relations between the European Union and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia" adopted by the European Parliament on March 13, 2024 groundless and biased, a clear example of a double standard.