Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

SUDAN

KHARTOUM - Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend signing ceremony of Constitutional Declaration between Forces of Freedom and Change and Transitional Military Council in Sudanese capital Khartoum.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish NGO reshapes microfinance via blockchain

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - A Turkish NGO is set to use blockchain technology to enable entrepreneurs to get funded by social investors anywhere in the world, said the head of Turkish waste reduction foundation on Friday.

SPECIAL REPORT

Jury out on whether Turks like offline vs online dating

By Selcuk Uysal

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish people hold a negative view about online dating, a recently released study revealed.

SPECIAL REPORT

Lockdown day 13: 'Kashmir a Bermuda triangle'

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ANKARA (AA) - Ahmad, a PhD scholar in Istanbul, had been trying tirelessly to get in touch with his family living in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir since the morning of Aug. 5 amid a communications blockade likened to a "Bermuda Triangle".