ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, March 28, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead rallies for Sunday's local elections in three districts of the capital.
ANKARA – Health Minister Fahrettin Koca to be special guest at Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk.
ECONOMY
ANKARA – Turkish Central Bank to release weekly money and banking statistics as well as February's international reserves figures.
ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to announce Economic Confidence Index for March.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON – Following Brexit-related developments one day after parliament rejected 8 alternative Brexit options.
LONDON – Group of Brexit supporters to hold protest in front of parliament.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify before House, Senate panels on State Department budget.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.
KYRGYZSTAN
BISHKEK – Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with Kyrgyz counterpart Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
IRAN
TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Behram Qasimi to hold news conference
NEW ZEALAND
CHRISTCHURCH – Monitoring developments in wake of terror attacks at two mosques.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
ANKARA / JERUSALEM / WASHINGTON – Monitoring developments following US President Donald Trump's move to legitimize Israel's illegal occupation of Golan Heights.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS – Monitoring crisis over nation’s leadership.
SPORTS
ISTANBUL – European Karate Championship to start in Guadalajara, Spain.
ISTANBUL – In basketball, Fenerbahce Beko to take on Italy's AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan in Italy for Round 29 of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's regular season match.
SPECIAL REPORT
Head of Turkish university decries Western Islamophobia
By Ali Murat Alhas
ANKARA – Islamophobia is a concept “intentionally ” practiced in the West, the head of a Turkish university said Thursday.
SPECIAL REPORT
Laos becomes a link between Turkey, ASEAN states
By Gozde Bayar
ANKARA – The Turkish Embassy in Laos has taken relations between Turkey and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to a new level, said the Turkish envoy.
