Kurdistan Workers' Party militants attacked a Turkish military base in northern Iraq, killing 5 Turkish soldiers and wounding 8 others. Also, 12 militants were neutralized. Turkey responded by bombing PKK facilities, including oil installations, shelters and caves.

Entrance to the historic Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, has been paid for foreign tourists since January 15. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has set the entrance fee at 25 euros per person.

The Committee on Religious Affairs has updated the list of Telegram, YouTube channels, Facebook, OK.RU, Instagram, and TikTok pages and sites that are considered to contain the ideas of extremism and terrorism and are forbidden to import, prepare, distribute and display in Uzbekistan. The list also includes banned books and publications.

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded that Azerbaijan release an "agent" arrested for carrying out intelligence activities in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and other countries.

It was reported that the Embassy and Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Turkey are providing appropriate consular and legal assistance to Mubashshir Ahmed.

Turkish Airlines will transport 83.4 million passengers in 2023, reaching the highest number of passengers of all time.

Turkey reported that its trade relations with Israel are mainly carried out with the occupied Palestinian territories and Palestinians who are citizens of Israel.

The USA also joined the big game under the pretext of supporting the sovereignty of the Central Asian countries. But Moscow and Beijing have the upper hand in this game. Central Asia has practically reached a dead end.

In 2023, Turkey made 822 billion lira settlements in foreign trade in national currency.

A number of Russian TV channels have been suspended in Kazakhstan. They will be replaced, among other things, by local TV channels.