ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday May 12, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend the final program of the UDEF 11th International Students Gathering at Halic Congress Center.
ERZINCAN – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend opening ceremony of multiple facilities and projects.
ISTANBUL – Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Arab journalists as part of the Istanbul Forum for Arab Journalists.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD – Iraqis will head to the polls on Saturday for the country’s first parliamentary election since 2014.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Turkey’s EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Omer Celik to give a speech at a panel titled “Post Brexit “, along with Sir Alan Duncan, British minister of state for Europe and the Americas.
LONDON – Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to speak at the opening ceremony and a panel of the 7th Turkish-British Tatlidil Forum to be held in the English town of Reading.
LONDON - The annual Oxford Gulf & Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum organized by TRT World Research Center to take place in Oxford.
PALESTINE
GAZA CITY – Palestinians continue their rallies near Gaza Strip’s eastern border on eve of 70th anniversary of Israel’s creation.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS – Monitoring Syrian civil war and Assad regime attacks in war-torn country.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – Galatasaray will take on Yeni Malatyaspor at Turk Telekom Stadium in 33rd match week of Turkey's Super Lig at 7 p.m. local time (GMT1600).
