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Türkiye is on the path to becoming a regional technology hub for international investments, as more and more foreign firms carry out research and development efforts in the country, says Bekir Polat, the vice president of Türkiye's Investment Office.

Yandex has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-integrated search service developed for Turkish users.

Designed specifically for the Turkish language structure, the service, called Yazeka with Yandex Search, aims to differentiate itself from its competitors by offering a multi-source and transparent search experience, allowing users to directly see the sources of search results.

The seventh annual Türkiye AI Summit, organized by the Türkiye AI Initiative (TRAI), brought together 1,300 participants from 280 institutions in Istanbul on Thursday under the theme "AI: More real than ever."

Halil Aksu, founder of TRAI, emphasized that artificial intelligence has progressed from concept to reality, creating tangible effects across various sectors.

As the Turkish language's unique accentuation makes it a challenging language to pronounce, it may take some time for artificial intelligence to fully integrate into Türkiye's dubbing and voice-over industry, Turkish voice actors have told local media.

However, this threat could become more significant in the near future, they said in an interview with private TV channel Habertürk.

Calling themselves "stan countries," Central Asian countries are looking to boost their tourism industries. Kazakhstan, which welcomes tourists from Russia, China and India, is eyeing for Western travelers as well.

If you're looking for something different, uncustomary and lesser known countries in your travel plan for a holiday, have a go at Kazakhstan in Central Asia.

A mass blackout has thrown numerous websites on the Russian-speaking internet into chaos, reports The Moscow Times. On Tuesday evening, a DNSSEC failure led to the outage of crucial .ru and .рф domains, leaving users both inside and outside Russia grappling with disruptions to popular platforms.

An analysis undertaken by the Yandex Navigator application has suggested that Turkish vacationers who are leaving the city for the Eid al-Adha holiday ("Festival of the Sacrifice") get on the road either early Aug. 9 or Aug. 10 afternoon to avoid traffic entanglements.

SHARE Foundation said on Tuesday that it has sent letters to 20 companies, including Facebook, Twitter and Google, asking them to appoint a representative in Serbia to whom all questions related to personal data processing can be addressed.

This has been stated by another deputy PM, and minister in charge of transport and construction, Zorana Mihajlovic.

"Once we do discuss it, we will present our stance," she told Prva TV on Wednesday, asked to comment on the goings-on in the National Assembly on Tuesday, when the accusation was made - and what the government's position was.

Jetlir Zuberaj, the head of the Kosovo foreign minister's cabinet, reacted in this way regarding Vucic's statement that during the ceremony of the opening of a new airport in Istanbul, the flag of Kosovo was removed at his request.

In his response to a question posed by Albanian language website koha.net, Zuberaj called Vucic "a criminal slanderer."