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Our drones are in Turkish Cyprus to protect it from all sides: Erdoğan

Turkish unarmed aerial vehicles and combat drones are in the Turkish Cyprus to protect it from all sides, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in remarks published on Oct. 7. 

Erdoğan was speaking to reporters on the plane, on his way back from the European Political Community summit in Prague.

Greek PM Mitsotakis to speak at Prague Summit as Europe shuns Erdogan

European leaders turned a cold shoulder to the Turkish president at the Prague Summit, as Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to be paying for his dead-end policy and inflammatory statements against Greece.

His decision to issue provocations during the leaders' dinner and attack Greece backfired on the Turkish president, as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis responded immediately.

Female wrestler becomes world champion second time

Turkish female wrestler Yasemin Adar Yiğit has gained her second world championship in her career after defeating her Egyptian opponent Samar Amer İbrahim Hamza in Serbia's capital Belgrade.

The 76 kg category Greco-Roman style wrestler said, "I tried to show the strength of the Turkish women to the world," on late Sept. 14.

Winter will not be easy for Europe: Erdoğan

Europe will struggle this winter as Russia has choked off the supplies of natural gas that the continent depended on for years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said.

"This winter will not be easy for Europe. It will be a very troubled winter. It will be a very heavy winter financially," Erdoğan told journalists on his presidential plane on his way back from Croatia on Sept. 8.

Türkiye captures ’senior’ ISIL leader: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 9 that Turkish security forces had arrested a "senior executive" of the ISIL. 

Erdoğan said the commander was known as Abu Zeyd.

His real name was Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, Erdoğan told reporters on board his flight home from a three-nation tour of the Balkans.

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