ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan emphasized the importance of strengthening and institutionalizing strategic cooperation between Trkiye and Uzbekistan during a meeting Thursday with his Uzbek counterpart, Bakhtiyor Saidov, in Tashkent. Fidan highlighted the significance of bolstering ties, not only for both countries but also for the wider Turkic world.

ISTANBUL: New Zealand’s spy chief on Thursday confirmed he was ‘considering’ a request to probe the country’s possible role in Israeli war on Gaza which has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians since last October, public broadcaster Radio New Zealand reported. The confirmation by Brendan Horsley, who is inspector-general of intelligence

ISTANBUL: Trkiye has said the body of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, will arrive in the country on Friday. The procedures for the transfer of Eygi’s body, “who was deliberately targeted and killed by Israeli soldiers during a peaceful