Diary

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

US

NEW YORK - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Croatian President Kolinda-Grabar Kitarovic, to attend UN Private Sector Forum.

NEW YORK - Erdogan to attend UN Climate Action Summit, to separately meet Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

NEW YORK - Erdogan also to attend opening of legendary Turkish-Armenian photographer Ara Guler's exhibition and Turkish pianist Fahir Atakoglu's music recital.

UK

LONDON - Turkey's ruling AK Party Deputy Chairman Cevdet Yilmaz to meet representatives of Turkish and Muslim communities in London.

LONDON - European Council President Donald Tusk to meet with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the first time on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

LONDON - The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its judgment on the legal challenge to the government's prorogation of parliament.

SPAIN

MADRID - Spain's Parliament is expected to dissolve at midnight, automatically triggering fresh elections on November 10.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Celebrations of the 115th anniversary of Moscow cathedral mosque and 20th anniversary of Moscow Islamic Institute.

MOSCOW – The State Duma International Committee to hold a round table "Jammu and Kashmir: ways of solution".

KAZAKSTAN

NUR-SULTAN - Turkey's Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend 4th meeting of Speakers of the Eurasian Countries' Parliaments.

NUR-SULTAN - Sentop to meet his Kazak counterpart Nurlan Nigmatulin and Kazakhstan's Founding President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPORTS

ITALY

MILAN - The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony to be held.

SPECIAL REPORT

Sign languages emerge just like verbal languages do: Linguist

By Erdogan Cagatay Zontur

ANKARA (AA) - Sign languages emerge through a natural process in deaf communities just as verbal languages do, after a language community is formed, according to a linguist.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmiri lawmaker urges Erdogan to raise Kashmir at UN

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ANKARA (AA) - Kashmiris have a lot of expectations from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Kashmiri lawmaker said urging the Turkish state to raise Kashmir issue at the upcoming UN General Assembly session.