ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories)
TURKEY
ORDU – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend AK Party presentation of mayoral candidates for Black Sea province of Ordu.
COTABATO/ANKARA – Following developments ahead of Monday’s referendum to be held in Philippines to ratify Bangsamoro Organic Law, which will create Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.
YEMEN
SANAA – Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘All religious groups to benefit from Moro autonomy’
By Mehmet Ozturk and Faruk Tokat
ANKARA (AA) – The countdown has started for a plebiscite that will grant the Bangsamoro — a collective term for Filipino Muslims living on an island south of the Philippines — long-awaited comprehensive autonomy.
SPECIAL REPORT
Muslim group's assets in Greece being sold illegally
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet
ANKARA (AA) – The assets owned by a Muslim Turkish foundation on the Greek island of Kos are being sold off “illegally, ” the head of an NGO told Anadolu Agency.