ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive letters of credence from ambassadors of Tanzania, Somalia and Australia.
ANKARA – Erdogan to meet Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military commander Mohammad Bagheri separately at presidential complex.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold lunch meeting with Ratas.
KOCAELI – Yildirim to attend workshop and ground-breaking ceremony followed by provincial AK Party meeting.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – British government to publish paper on future of border between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland after Brexit.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel meets young video bloggers for live interview ahead of September federal election.
KOSOVO
PRISTINA – Chairman of constitutive session of Assembly of Kosovo Adem Mikullovci expected to hold scheduled consultative meeting with representatives of parliamentary political parties to determine continuation of assembly’s constituent session.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Medipol Basaksehir to take on Spain’s Sevilla in the Champions League playoff first round leg matchup at the third Istanbul Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium.
