ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, April 7, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
HATAY/ADANA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address public at opening ceremonies of multiple projects in southern Hatay and Adana provinces.
SIRNAK/HAKKARI – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to hold rally on referendum on constitutional changes.
ISTANBUL – Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to meet editors-in-chief of Turkish print media at Swissotel.
AFYONKARAHISAR – Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli to address rally on upcoming referendum.
ANKARA – Follow reactions to U.S. airstrike on Syrian airbase.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UNICEF representative in Ukraine Giovanna Barberis to hold press conference on mental and emotional effects of four-plus years of conflict on children living near ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
GREECE
ATHENS – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to meet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. Press conference to follow.
U.S.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch faces Senate confirmation vote at around 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (1330GMT)
SOUTH AFRICA
PRETORIA – Thousands of South Africans to march in capital Pretoria to demand resignation of President Jacob Zuma after Cabinet reshuffle rocked currency and stock markets.
