Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – Sept. 11, 2022

ANKARA

• Turkish officials announced that two Greek Coast Guard boats opened fire on a ro-ro ship 18 kilometers (11 miles) off Türkiye's northwestern coast off Bozcaada.
• After learning about the incident, during which no one was injured, the Turkish coast guard dispatched two boats and the Greek boats left the area.
• Turkish National Defense Ministry shared damning video of Greece’s illegal pushbacks of irregular migrants.
• “On September 9, 2022, a Turkish Navy UAV detected irregular migrants being transferred to an inflatable boat and pushed back towards Turkish territorial waters by a Greek Coast Guard boat off Bodrum,” it said on Twitter.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci reiterated that Ankara's only wish in the Balkan region is "really a lasting peace, stability.”
• Ankara does not "discriminate" against anyone and invests in and helps all in the region, he added.
• Nataliya Gumenyuk, the head of the Press Service of Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces, announced that the counter-offensive against Russian forces advanced for "dozens of kilometers" on the southern frontline.
• Turkish Airlines became “the world’s biggest network carrier” in terms of seat capacity on international routes in August, according to the Turkish flag carrier.
• Accordingly, the airline increased its seat capacity by 14% in August compared to 2019 and the number of passengers on flights in July and August topped pre-pandemic levels, reaching 7.8 million.
• Britain’s Charles III was formally proclaimed king at the Accession Council in London’s St James’s Palace.
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited flood-battered areas in Pakistan and urged the international community to act swiftly to assist Islamabad in dealing with the devastation caused by torrential rains and massive flooding.