ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday Feb. 1, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmakers at party headquarters. Erdogan also due to attend Turkish Youth Foundation's youth gathering at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to announce address-based population registration system figures for 2017.
ANKARA – Monitoring developments and reactions to Turkey's Operation Olive Branch against PYD/PKK and Daesh terror groups in Afrin, northwestern Syria.
ANKARA – World Hijab Day, a day in solidarity with Muslim women worldwide, to be observed today.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Turkey's Labor Minister Julide Sarieroglu to be received by President Ilham Aliyev, Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Ahmadov and Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov.
CHINA
BEIJING – British Prime Minister Theresa May to continue her China visit.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet state premiers to discuss efforts for addressing refugee crisis.
RUSSIA
SOCHI/MOSCOW – Monitoring developments and reactions on the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi.
SENEGAL
DAKAR – Following French President Emmanuel Macron’s visits to Senegal.
PALESTINE
GAZA CITY – Following Palestinians’ reaction over listing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as “terrorist” by U.S.
EGYPT
CAIRO – Emergency meeting of the Arab Peace Initiative Committee to discuss developments of Jerusalem crisis two months after controversial move by U.S.
