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Kazakh oligarch Daniyar Abulgazin, known as “Hurrem” by his adversaries, has earned this nickname after the Ottoman sultana who rose from being Suleiman the Magnificent’s concubine to his lawful wife and a powerful ruler of the palace. This comparison suggests that Abulgazin, like Hurrem, can manipulate any situation to achieve his goals.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to engage in a series of high-stakes diplomatic meetings, starting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and followed by U.S. President Joe Biden during a busy early July itinerary.

Following the conclusion of Eid al-Adha, Erdoğan will embark on official visits to three countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic met on Thursday in Astana with Kazakh Defence Minister Col Gen Ruslan Jaqsylyqov to discuss the global political and security situation and bilateral military cooperation and its advancement.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, quoted by Russian news agencies, said on Tuesday he hoped to meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan next month at a regional meeting in Kazakhstan.

"I hope that very soon, on the 3rd or 4th of July, he will be in Astana as far as I know," Putin told visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, referring to the capital of the former Soviet state.

TAV Airports, a member of Groupe ADP, has completed a $200 million investment in Kazakhstan's economic and cultural capital Almaty.

The first passengers arrived at the new terminal on June 1 from London, the company said in a statement, adding that the new terminal increases the airport's annual passenger capacity to more than 14 million.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged for an end to the international isolation of the Turkish Cypriot breakaway entity in the Turkish-occupied part of northern Cyprus.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has departed for the Kazakh capital Astana to attend the 10th summit of the heads of state of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

According to a statement from Türkiye's Directorate of Communications, the two-day summit held under the theme "Turk Time" aims to facilitate discussions on enhancing cooperation within the organization.

ASTANA - Serbian tennis player Hamad Medjedovic has failed to reach the final of the Astana ATP tournament after losing 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 to American Sebastian Korda in the semi-finals on Monday.

World number 28 Korda won after two hours and 53 minutes.

Medjedovic, who is currently placed 120th in the ATP rankings, will move up around 15 positions in next week's rankings.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, will play at the Paris Masters, the ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga until the end of the season, according to his official website.

Djokovic will skip the Astana ATP tournament and the Shanghai Masters.

Senior officials from Türkiye, Syria, Russia and Iran will hold their second meeting to facilitate the normalization process between Ankara and Damascus and discuss a road map on how to proceed to this end.