ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party group meeting.
ANKARA -Turkish Central Bank (CBRT) will hold Monetary Policy Committee meeting to determine interest rates.
ANKARA – Ministry of Trade will release the international direct investment figures for May.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci to receive Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. The two will hold a joint news conference after the meeting.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Prime Minister Novruz Memmedov to receive Cavusoglu. Cavusoglu and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Memmedyarov to hold joint press conference.
GREECE
KOMOTINI – Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Ersoy to meet representatives of Turkish minority of Western Thrace. Ersoy also to attend commemoration event of former leader of the minority Dr. Sadik Ahmet.
U.S.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump to address Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States National Convention.
GERMANY
BERLIN – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency BfV to release its annual report on security threats, activities of outlawed and terrorist organizations in country.
IRAQ
BASRA/BAGHDAD – Following ongoing popular demonstrations in Iraq’s southern Shia-majority provinces.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB/HOMS – Desk to monitor Syrian civil war.
PALESTINE
GAZA CITY – Monitoring development following cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian movements after Israeli assault.
GAZA CITY – Israel to open Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza after a week of hiatus.
PAKISTAN
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD – Desk to monitor election campaign.
SPECIAL REPORT
100 million voters on edge day ahead of Pakistan polls
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – More than 100 million registered voters will cast their ballots across Pakistan on Wednesday in a nail biting end to an intense general election process that has been marred by claims of rigging and terrorism.
ECONOMY
SPECIAL REPORT:
BRICS, Turkey meet offers opportunities: Business group
By Dilara Zengin and Gokhan Ergocun
ANKARA (AA) – The BRICS group inviting Turkey to its annual summit this week provides a significant opportunity for all member countries to develop better economic and political ties with Ankara, said the representative in South Africa of Turkey’s Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MUSIAD).
