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Kyrgyzstan's Tamchy special financial investment territory (SFIT) ranked first in Asia and second worldwide in the Rising Stars category of the Global Free Zones of the Year 2026 ranking. Financial Times unit fDi Intelligence published the results on October 15. The UK's Liverpool City Region Innovation Zone took first place in the category.
Colombian singer Shakira arrived in Kyrgyzstan on the night of 18 October. Bishkek is one of the stops on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. At Manas International Airport, she was met by Dayyrbek Orunbekov, head of the information policy department of the presidential administration, and Boobek Salimzhanov, first deputy manager of the president's affairs.
Plans to reconstruct terminals 1 and 1A at Kazan International Airport after the opening of terminal B were presented to Rustam Minnikhanov, Head of the Republic of Tatarstan. He heard a report on three stages of planned work aimed at increasing terminal capacity and improving passenger service.
The Dykhanie Gor (Breath of the Mountains) investment company, an LLC, will lease three plots totalling 87.5 hectares in Salavat District, Bashkortostan, without tenders, according to an order from the head of the republic. The investor plans three large tourism projects with a combined value of 25 billion rubles.
Around 4,700-year-old amphorae believed to belong to what is described as the world's oldest shipwreck were found near Kekova Island in Antalya. Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy shared details of the underwater excavations being carried out in Kekova in a post on his NSosyal account.
According to the Kabar news agency, the second day of the “Khiva – Youth Center of the Turkic World – 2026” forum, held in Khiva, Uzbekistan, on 14 October 2026, was devoted to cultural events. The Ministry of Culture said youth delegations from participating countries became acquainted with the historical and cultural heritage of Khiva.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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