ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Veterans Day Ceremony at Bestepe People's Convention and Culture Center.
ANKARA – Erdogan to also receive Prof. Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa — professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at California Institute of Technology and chairman of Machine Learning Consultants LLC.
ANKARA – Erdogan also due to meet U.S. companies' representatives in Turkey.
ANKARA – Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to participate in press meeting to introduce Turkey’s local production logo.
ANKARA – TurkStat to release house sales statistics for August.
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release figures of outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector for July.
ANKARA – European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) to release figures of new passenger car registrations in Europe for July and August.
ISTANBUL – 9th Istanbul Finance Summit (IFS'18) to be held under theme of “Trade Wars and Financing Industries ” on Sept.19-20.
SERBIA
BELGRADE – Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to meet his Serbian counterpart in Belgrade.
UK
LONDON – Pro-EU People's Vote movement to reveal Brexit report.
AUSTRIA
SALZBURG – Informal EU leaders summit to be held in Austrian city of Salzburg.
SYRIA
IDLIB – Following developments in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province after Turkey-Russia agreement.
SPECIAL REPORT
Boko Haram violence spikes in Nigeria's northeast
By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS – In August, a report came out that appeared aligned with the official Nigerian narrative that says Boko Haram militants have been “technically defeated ” in most parts of Nigeria's northeast region.