ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ERZURUM – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead campaign rally for March 31 local elections in eastern Erzurum province.
ANKARA – Chad’s President Idriss Deby to receive honorary doctorate from Karabuk University, with Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay in attendance.
ANKARA – Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release foreign trade figures for January.
ANKARA – Culture and Tourism Ministry to release arriving-departing foreigners and citizens figures for January.
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release international reserves and foreign currency liquidity figures for January.
ISTANBUL – Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak to take part in EU-Turkey High-Level Economic Dialogue Meeting.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Jordan: Growth & Opportunity conference in London.
VIETNAM
HANOI – Following summit of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD – Following tension between Pakistan and India sparked by violence in Kashmir.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK – UN Security Council to vote on rival U.S. and Russian resolutions on Venezuela.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS – Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL /TEL AVIV – Round of 23 of 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season to tip off. Anadolu Efes to face Fenerbahce Beko in Turkish derby, while Turkey's Darussafaka Tekfen to face Israel's Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey: Legacy of 1997 post-modern coup against Erbakan
By Vakkas Dogantekin
ANKARA (AA) – The last successful coup against an elected Turkish government took place on Feb. 28, 1997, when a military-forced change of the political landscape was followed by a crackdown on religious workers in public institutions.
