Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive veterans on occasion of Veterans Day at presidential complex in capital.

ANKARA – Vice President Fuat Oktay to attend a reception on Tourism Cooperation with Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

ANKARA – Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to attend International Security Congress. He later to meet veterans and their families.

ANKARA – Turkey's Central Bank to release short term external debt statistics for July.

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to announce use of information and communication technology (ICT) by enterprises research for 2019.

US

WASHINGTON – US special representative for Afghan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, to testify at House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.

HUNGARY

BUDAPEST – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend inauguration of Turkic Council office in Budapest.

ITALY

ROME – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to meet with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

FRANCE

PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron to separately meet with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

LEFKOSA – Turkey's National Education Minister Yusuf Ziya Selcuk to pay official visit to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

RUSSIA

IZHEVSK – President Vladimir Putin to address to participants of the 2nd National Gunsmith Forum.

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with his Nigerian counterpart Kalla Ankourao.

PAKISTAN

KARACHI – Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit Saudi Arabia.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB – Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s Besiktas, Trabzonspor and Medipol Basaksehir to kick off their UEFA Europa League matches this season.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Turkey, Azerbaijan share strategic, brotherly ties'

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey and Azerbaijan share strategic ties and brotherly relations, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

SPECIAL REPORT

Young fashion designer shines in Somalia

By Magdalene Mukami

MOGADISHU, Somalia – At just 23, Hawa Adan Hassan, a university student in Somalia, is fast realizing her dream of becoming the best fashion designer in Africa.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey, Uganda to work to boost tourism

By Hassan Isilow

KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - Turkey and Uganda are working jointly to promote each other's tourist attractions in a bid to bolster their tourism sector, according to a senior diplomat.