ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, May 18, 2018 (coverage may change depending on (developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – Extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be held with attendance of large number of heads of states.
ISTANBUL – Mass rally to be held in Istanbul’s Yenikapi fairgrounds to voice support to Palestinian people.
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Yenikapi rally and OIC extraordinary summit.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release housing sales statistics for April.
ANKARA – Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) to release figures on established and liquidated companies for April.
SPECIAL REPORT:
'Turkey does a lot for European, Hungarian security'
By Nazli Yuzbasioglu and Fatih Hafiz Mehmet
ANKARA (AA) – Despite the many threats that Turkey is facing, it is still reaching out to help millions of people displaced by war, said Hungary’s ambassador in Turkey.
PALESTINE / US
JERUSALEM / WASHINGTON – Monitoring developments after U.S. Embassy's move to Jerusalem and Israeli violence against Palestinian protesters.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS – Monitoring Syrian civil war.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA – UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.
FRANCE
PARIS – France to host Ministerial Meeting of the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
