ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend OIC member/observer states judicial conference at Dolmabahce Palace and Inter-parliamentary platform on Jerusalem at the Istanbul Airport.
ISTANBUL – Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim to attend 2nd Istanbul Economy Summit at Ciragan Palace.
ANKARA – TurkStat to release agricultural products consumer price index for November.
ANKARA – Turkey’s Central Bank to release October figures of outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector.
ANKARA – Following local and international developments in case of killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis to meet Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan to discuss bilateral security issues.
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS – Leaders of EU countries to discuss Brexit at summit.
FRANCE / BELGIUM
PARIS / BRUSSELS – Following developments in wake of Yellow Vest protests in France and Belgium.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis.
SPORTS
ATHENS – Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 12 matches to conclude. Turkey's Darussafaka to face Greece's Panathinaikos.