Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

KAHRAMANMARAS/OSMANIYE - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s provincial congresses in Turkey’s southern provinces of Kahramanmaras and Osmaniye.

MALATYA/KAYSERI – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend AK Party’s provincial congresses in Turkey’s central Anatolian provinces of Malatya and Kayseri.

ANKARA - Monitoring reactions and developments as Turkey's Operation Olive Branch against PYD/PKK and Daesh terror groups continues in Afrin, Syria.

SPECIAL REPORT: Terrorists tie up old villagers, plant landmines

By Sinan Uslu

ANKARA (AA) – Proof has emerged that the YPG/PKK terrorist organization has kidnapped civilians at gunpoint and used them as human shields.

SPECIAL REPORT: 'Turkey competes with world IT giants'

By Gokhan Ergocun

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's IT sector, which has been making leaps and bounds in such areas as the 4.5G cell network, is competing with international giants, according to Kaan Terzioglu, the CEO of Turkey's leading GSM operator Turkcell.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to vote draft resolution demanding 30-day cease-fire in Syria to allow delivery of humanitarian aid.

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL – White House says US to keep up “maximum pressure” on North Korea, despite hopes Ivanka Trump’s presence in South Korea this weekend could soften mood.