The handover was a major victory for the Turkish authorities, who have been pressuring the Kyrgyz government to close these schools or surrender them to Turkey's ownership and management since 2016.

A Bishkek court has stalled their extradition. Turkey to Kyrgyzstan: "If you do not change the attitude to them, then we will change the attitude to you." ...

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Turkey could restart trade with Israel "if peace is permanent", Nail Olpak, head of the Turkish Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), said on Tuesday. Turkey severed trade with Israel last year ...

"The construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad confirms the high level of political trust and is meant to become the strategic flagship project of our countries, reviving the Silk Road ...