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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.

Erdogan landed in Belgrade; Vučić welcomed him: "Welcome, dear friend" PHOTO/VIDEO

President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has just landed at Belgrade's "Nikola Tesla" airport, which marked the beginning of his visit to Serbia.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlt avuoğlu accompanied him.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vui and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovi welcomed them at Nikola Tesla Airport.

Erdoğan warns Greece over Aegean airspace violations

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 3 warned Greece that it would pay a "heavy price" if it continued to "harass" Turkish planes over the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.

"Hey Greece, take a look at history. If you go further, you will pay a heavy price," Erdoğan told at Teknofest in the Black Sea province of Samsun.

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