ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Tuesday, March 20, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s parliamentary group meeting.
ANKARA – Erdogan to attend ceremony on Natural Gas Distribution to 101 districts at presidential complex.
ANKARA – Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet Lesotho Foreign and International Affairs Minister Lesego Makgothi.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint news conference with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus counterpart Kudret Ozersay.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release consumer confidence index for March and foreign producer price index for February.
ANKARA – Turkish Treasury to release external debt and debt stock statistics for February.
ANKARA – Science and Techonology Ministry to release patent and trademark statistics for January.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Fenerbahce Dogus to take on Israel's Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv in Turkish Airlines Euroleague's 27th Round match at Istanbul's Ulker Sports Hall at 8.45 p.m. local time (1745 GMT).
SERBIA
BELGRADE – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Fikri Isik to meet Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and also attend 3rd Turkey-Serbia Joint Economy Commission Meeting.
MONGOLIA
ULAANBAATAR – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to inaugurate projects of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency.
SYRIA
IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN – Monitoring Turkey's ongoing Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-Daesh in Afrin after clearing of town center.
FRANCE
STRASBOURG – European Court of Human Rights to issue judgment in cases involving journalists Mehmet Hasan Altan and Sahin Alpay.
PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron to host Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel for talks.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – Human rights situation in Palestine to be discussed at UN Human Rights Council.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkarsaid for talks on EU, Brexit and international issues.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – 23 Russian diplomats expected to leave U.K. following order of expulsion in the aftermath of Salisbury incident.
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May to chair meetings of national security council and Cabinet.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to receive Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House.
