Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, May 23, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Guy Ryder, director-general of International Labor Organization.

ANKARA - Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak to announce financial incentive package.

ANKARA - Central Bank of Turkey to release manufacturing capacity usage for May.

ANKARA - TurkStat to release sectoral confidence statistics for May.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kiran to attend panel on US-Turkey relations at Harvard Club.

GERMANY

LEIPZIG - Turkey's Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Cahit Turhan to attend 2019 International Transport Forum, hold bilateral talks with ministers from different countries.

FRANCE

PARIS - Turkey’s Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to attend meeting of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

KAZAKHSTAN

SHYMKENT - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Ahiskan Turks on fast-breaking dinner.

INDIA

NEW DELHI - Election authorities to announce results of 17th Lok Sabha election -- lower house of parliament.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA - Following developments after National Union Party, People's Party decide to form coalition government.

SYRIA

IDLIB/ALEPPO - Following attacks of Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters on Idlib de-escalation zone and other developments.

SPECIAL REPORT

Swat city center: From bloody square to business hub

By Islamuddin Sajid

SWAT, Pakistan (AA) - Azam Khan, 20, vividly remembers the blood soaked lifeless body of his uncle hung upside down at the city center in Swat, a scenic valley in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.