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Arab Coalition Spokesperson Brigadier General Turki al-Malki reported that a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh on Saturday morning was destroyed by air defenses. Türkiye's Foreign Ministry had previously condemned an attempted drone attack targeting Mecca; the Houthis denied such an attempt.
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, speaking on NTV, described comments that the Mecca Alliance "remained on paper" as an effort to "discredit" it. Fidan said they were assigned to set up a joint planning group for Syrian dossiers, and stated no concrete step was taken in the disarmament process in northern Iraq.
+10: Yeni Akit, TGRT Haber, A Haber, Hürriyet, Takvim, CNN Türk, Milat, Star, Haber7 and Milliyet +11: Türkiye Gazetesi, Yeni Akit, TGRT Haber, A Haber, Hürriyet, Takvim, CNN Türk, Milat, Star, Haber7 and Milliyet 
The 15,000-ton capacity Güzelyurt Cold Storage Facility, established with financing from Türkiye and contributions from TOBB, was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz and Prime Minister Ünal Üstel of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC). KKTC Agriculture Minister Hüseyin Çavuş stated the facility is an investment aimed at the entire production sector.
+2: Havadis and Kıbrıs Manşet At the presentation in the Republic Assembly of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz described the project as a "hallmark project"; the complex will be built across an area of approximately 56,000 square meters with an 8,000-person capacity. Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak said a multifunctional stadium will be constructed in the city center.
+2: Kıbrıs Manşet and Kıbrıs Genç TV In a vote held at the Balkan Table Tennis Union congress, 10 out of 14 member countries voted in favor and 4 against. According to the report, Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration objected to the decision; Turkish Table Tennis Federation President Kerim Koç stated that they were pleased with the outcome.
According to the Defence Ministry (MSB), a delegation composed of members of the Japanese parliament and representatives of Japanese defense industry firms was briefed on the shipyard's shipbuilding projects and infrastructure capabilities; possible areas of cooperation were discussed mutually.
The Defence Ministry announced that personnel of the 1st Airborne and Commando Brigade in Kayseri conducted a tactical movement from Zincidere to Mount Erciyes together with visiting Somali military personnel. Ambush, cave search and "Uçangöz" exercises were held at Tekir Plateau.
According to Yeni Şafak, the 28th meeting of the Turkic States Intelligence Services Conference in Burabay, Kazakhstan, focused on joint threat assessment and rapid information sharing; Uzbekistan proposed a joint cybersecurity alliance.
According to BirGün, hundreds of people gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in Berlin to protest operations in Türkiye, called "Ailem Güvende" ("My Family Is Safe"), that began on September 12. Speakers said, "Neither being LGBTİ+ nor organizing is a crime."
In an analysis by the UAE-based Sky News Arabia, it was noted that since the two countries share no land border, a potential conflict would rely on air, air defense and naval elements; the assessment found that Türkiye has an advantage in conventional terms due to its manpower, domestically produced UAV/UCAV technology and navy.
According to a report by Haber7 citing Israel's Maariv newspaper, Türkiye expert Dr. Hai Eitan Cohen Yanrojek said Ankara's influence in Syria was increasing and that this posed a risk for Israel.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) President Tufan Erhürman said at the opening that what happened there "will never be erased from the memory of the Turkish Cypriot people," and described the European Parliament's decisions on the missing as "biased and in no way acceptable."
+2: Gündem Kıbrıs and Kıbrıs Manşet Fifteen identified Turkish Cypriots killed and placed in a mass grave in the village of Atlılar on August 14, 1974, were buried in a state ceremony, including two infants aged 40 days and 16 months. Cevdet Yılmaz, Tufan Erhürman and Ünal Üstel attended the ceremony.
+2: Kıbrıs Genç TV and Kıbrıs Manşet +3: Havadis, Kıbrıs Genç TV and Kıbrıs Manşet 
Yılmaz, speaking alongside Prime Minister Üstel in a joint statement in Nicosia, said search and rescue efforts continued after the ship accident and that efforts would be made to ensure those responsible "answer before the law." He also met with Parliament Speaker Öztürkler.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking to ERTnews, said he saw a "relative hardening" in the Turkish side's statements, but that communication channels with Ankara should be kept open; he left the door open to a possible last-minute meeting.
A meeting between Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) President Tufan Erhürman and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides began at 11:00 at the UN Good Offices Mission office. Erhürman is expected to make a statement after the meeting.
According to Axios sources, US President Donald Trump will discuss post-war strategy on Iran with representatives of Gulf Cooperation Council countries at the UN General Assembly starting 22 September. Reuters reported that the war has spread to Yemen and Saudi Arabia and that risks to oil supply have increased.
The US rejected the visa applications of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and some Palestinian officials, who were expected to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York next week. The US State Department cited "non-compliance with commitments" as the reason; Abbas is expected to address the assembly by video.
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told reporters during a visit to Syria that "Syria wants to live in peace" and warned Greece over defence cooperation with Israel. Daily Sabah reported that the deployment of the 51st Commando Brigade to Söke, Aydın, had become a topic of discussion in Greece.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, speaking in Strasbourg, proposed a social media ban for under-13s and limited, supervised access up to age 15; the plan must still be debated and voted on by the 27 member states.
The 51st Commando Brigade, previously stationed in Tunceli, has been relocated to Söke in Aydın province, opposite Greece's Samos Island, with about 2,000 troops now deployed there. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on Greece for good neighborliness, saying the militarization of the islands poses a threat.
+2: Yeni Şafak and Daily Sabah Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi met his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni in Ankara to discuss the 'Terror-Free Türkiye' process, PKK's Iranian offshoot PJAK, and the fight against drug trafficking. Çiftçi said 32,848 people were detained this year in 38,915 anti-drug operations.
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella announced that the aircraft that went missing on September 13 was found, and that Turkish businessman Mehmet Çankaya and 4 Colombian passengers on board had died. Rescue teams, hindered by rugged terrain, reached the wreckage by land only three days later.
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