Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, March 6, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments after military helicopter crashed in eastern Turkey.

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Blue Homeland 2021 tactical exercise from Vahdettin Mansion via video link.

TURKMENISTAN

ASHGABAT - Turkmenistan's President Gurbangulu Berdimuhamedov to receive Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

ASHGABAT - Cavusoglu also to meet his counterpart Rashid Meredov and visit the Independence Monument of Turkmenistan.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani premier Imran Khan to seek vote of confidence in parliament

MYANMAR

YANGON - Monitoring developments in Myanmar as over 60 protesters killed since Feb. 1 military coup.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Efforts to convene Libyan Parliament to vote on government formation.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring confrontations between government forces, Houthis that continue on several fronts, mainly in eastern Marib

SPECIAL REPORT

Should the state tax the rich for the common good?

By Aysu Bicer and Yunus Girgin

ANKARA (AA) - After bubbling up since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, the debate over wealth taxes has moved to the front burner since late 2019, with the pandemic exacerbating inequality worldwide, and calls for economic redistribution gaining more urgency.​​​​​​​

SPECIAL REPORT

550 days on, protest against YPG/PKK continues undeterred

By Ali Murat Alhas and Hasan Namli

ANKARA (AA) – Dozens of families have been staging a sit-in outside a political party's office in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir for 550 days, in pursuit of their sons and daughters forcibly abducted or recruited by the PKK terror group, and its Syrian branch YPG.