Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

KAHRAMANMARAS – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Justice and Development (AK) Party’s extended provincial consultation meeting. He is also due to attend mass inauguration ceremony in Kahramanmaras.

ANKARA - Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

GAZIANTEP - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to hold press conference in area of Turkey with large Syrian refugee population.

KYRGYZSTAN

BISHKEK - Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend 10th Turkey-Kyrgyzstan Joint Economic Commission Meeting.

GUINEA

CONAKRY - Monitoring developments after soldiers announced detention of president, dissolution of government.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - Monitoring developments after Taliban formed interim government.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Industry and Technology Ministry to announce productivity statistics for second quarter.

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release labor force statistics for July

WASHINGTON - US Bureau of Labor Statistics to release producer price index (PPI) for August

SPECIAL REPORT

Floods in Sudan stoke concerns over Ethiopian dam

By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) –​​​​​​​ Although recent floods in Sudan have once again raised concerns over the impact on riparian states of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), officials in Khartoum said they are still determined to explore diplomatic solutions to settle the water dispute.

SPECIAL REPORT

COVID-19 will spur suicide-related deaths in India, experts fear

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – While thousands of people reportedly die due to suicide in India every year, experts fear a further spurt due to COVID-19-related economic woes.

SPECIAL REPORT

Suicide prevention: What can family, friends, governments do?

By Dilan Pamuk

ANKARA (AA) – While lives are lost every day due to feelings of helplessness in the face of mental and physical ailments, depression, abuse/mistreatment, financial woes, as well as alcohol or drug abuse, there are ways the social circles of people in distress as well as governments can help prevent suicide, specialists said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Isolation, loneliness may cause higher suicidal tendency during pandemic: Experts

By Dilan Pamuk

ANKARA (AA) – The tendency of individuals towards suicide may have risen with the coronavirus pandemic, according to a psychologist based in the Turkish capital Ankara.

SPECIAL REPORT

South Africa sees 23 suicides a day, says group

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG (AA) - South Africa sees an estimated 23 suicides a day plus a further 460 attempted suicides, according to the South Africa Depression & Anxiety Group (SADAG).

SPECIAL REPORT

Daughter’s abduction turns mother schizophrenic

By Ali Murat Alhas

DIYARBAKIR / ANKARA (AA) – Necmettin Bicer yearns for the good old days when his family would crack jokes around the dinner table, but these times are long gone since her daughter was abducted by the PKK terror group and the family was torn apart.