Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

IZMIR - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of mosque and complex, and to hold meetings

ANKARA - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay and First Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov to head Turkey-Kyrgyzstan 9th Joint Economic Commission Meeting

ANKARA - Monitoring developments in Turkey’s agreements with US, Russia on Syria

US

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at State Department

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold meeting with Russia's Security Council members

MOSCOW - Russian capital to host 10th Russia-Azerbaijan Interregional Forum

JAPAN

NAGOYA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to inaugurate the Turkish Consulate General on sidelines of G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting

GERMANY

LEIPZIG - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party congress to be held

FRANCE

NICE - Three-day International Congress for Victims of Terrorism continues

CAMEROON

YAOUNDE - Heads of state of member countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community to meet in extraordinary summit

BOLIVIA

LA PAZ – Following developments after Evo Morales resigns as president

HONG KONG

HONG KONG - Following developments in ongoing protests

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following Iraqi anti-government protests

PALESTINE

JERUSALEM - Following developments on coalition crisis and indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over three charges

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges will announce Established and Liquidated Companies statistics for October

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Istanbul team Galatasaray to face city rivals Medipol Basaksehir at home in Turkish Super Lig week 12 match.

LYON, France - Turkish basketball club Fenerbahce Beko to take on French opponents ASVEL in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 10

NYON, Switzerland - UEFA EURO 2020 playoff draw to be held

SPECIAL REPORT

Legendary ferry set to sail Istanbul’s waters anew

By Handan Kazanci and Nilay Kar Onum

ISTANBUL (AA) - A decades-old warship-turned passenger ferry will again sweep between Europe and Asia, following a campaign to return the legendary vessel to its former glory.

SPECIAL REPORT

Forests in Zimbabwe ‘under siege’ amid electricity woes

By Jeffrey Moyo

BEATRICE, Zimbabwe - In Beatrice, a farming community on the outskirts of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a convoy of medium-sized trucks were parked on a roadside with men felling trees for firewood.

SPECIAL REPORT

Qatar aims to change view of Arab world through cinema

By Talha Ozturk

DOHA, Qatar (AA) - Head of Doha Film Institute on Thursday said that the Arab region has been misrepresented for many years and the institute aims to change that perspective by cinema.

SPECIAL REPORT

Palestinian prisoner’s family longs for his release

By Aness Suheil Barghoti

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Despite 40 years behind bars, the family of Nael Barghouthi, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, is still hopeful to see him freed one day.

SPECIAL REPORT

Iranians cut off from world following internet shutdown

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN (AA) - It has been five days since Fardin Azeri last spoke to his relatives and friends in Iran following the government’s near-total shutdown of the internet there due to nationwide protests over a fuel price hike.