ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday March 21, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s deputies at the party headquarters.
ANKARA – Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend event — titled “Gathering With Our Nation For Greener Turkey at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint news conference with Lesotho's Foreign Minister Lesego Makgothi.
ANKARA – Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya and Sports Minister Osman Askin Bak to separately attend various events in the scope of World Down Syndrome Day.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release House Sales Statistics for February.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to make an update on diplomatic row with Russia after Salisbury nerve agent incident in weekly question session in House of Commons.
LONDON – Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to respond to questions before the Foreign Affairs Committee.
SYRIA
IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN – Monitoring Turkish-led Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-Daesh in Syria's Afrin after clearing of town center.
RWANDA
KIGALI – African heads of states to launch African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
SPECIAL REPORT
Istanbul Photo Awards jury lauds 2018 pool of pictures
By Handan Kazanci
ISTANBUL (AA) – A jury of international experts has completed the selection process for the winners of Anadolu Agency’s fourth Istanbul Photo Awards 2018.