ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, July 15, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the General Assembly of the Parliament with July 15 special agenda. Erdogan to attend commemorations in the parliament and the opening ceremony of July 15 Martyrs’ Monument separately.
ISTANBUL – Erdogan to attend memorial services of Democracy and National Unity Day at July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge.
ANKARA – Parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman to launch a photo exhibition displaying photos from the coup night, especially selected from the archives of Anadolu Agency.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu to attend the General Assembly of the Parliament with July 15 special agenda. Yildirim also to attend memorial services of Democracy and National Unity Day at July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge and opening ceremony of July 15 Martyrs’ Monument.
ANKARA – Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to attend July 15 commemoration events at Ankara Security General Directorate and Golbasi Special Forces Command.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day to be observed at Turkish embassies in London and Dublin.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Diaspora Turks to hold commemoration events in major cities to mark the first anniversary of defeated coup attempt in Turkey.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish parliament bombing on July 15 ‘shocked’ envoys
By Nazlı Yuzbasioglu and Sorwar Alam
ANKARA (AA) – Foreign ambassadors in Ankara expressed shock over the defeated coup plotters’ bombings on Turkish parliament on July 15 last year.
