The Axiom-3 (Ax-3) crew, including Turkey's first astronaut Alper Gezeravci, has returned to Earth aboard the Dragon spacecraft capsule.

At the invitation of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko paid an official visit to Uzbekistan on February 7-9.

Russia wants to use Crimean mosques as propaganda centers in order to attract local Muslims to the Russian armed forces.

In the presidential election held in Azerbaijan, incumbent President Ilhom Aliyev won with 92.1 percent of the vote, according to preliminary estimates. For the first time, residents of Karabakh participated in this election.

The first tests of unmanned aerial vehicles specially developed for the needs of the Armed Forces by local enterprises took place in Kazakhstan. They are equipped with modern video surveillance cameras, sensors, distance measuring devices and thermal imagers.

By the decree of Kasim-Jomart Toqaev, Oljas Bektenov, who worked as the head of the presidential administration, was appointed as the prime minister of the country. A day ago, the president accepted the resignation of the current government and assigned Roman Sklyar to temporarily act as the head of the government.

An armed attack was made on the security post at the entrance of the courthouse in the Caglagan district of Istanbul, Turkey. Two terrorists were killed. Six people, including three policemen, were injured.

In 2023, the population of Turkey increased by 92.8 thousand people and reached 85.37 million people. The share of the rural population increased from 6.6 percent to 7 percent.

On February 6, 2023, a powerful earthquake called the "catastrophe of the century" occurred in the Kahramanmarash region of Turkey. The natural phenomenon killed 53,000 people, and 14 million citizens were directly affected. Incident details and consequences.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the graduation ceremony of the Religious Academy.