Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint press conference with his Slovakian counterpart Miroslav Lajcak.

ANKARA - Monitoring developments in Idlib, northwestern Syria, where Turkish soldiers were martyred in Assad regime attack Monday despite cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia.

ANKARA - Following developments after passenger plane skidded off runway at Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Istanbul.

ANKARA - Following developments on avalanches in eastern Turkey.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to meet his Colombian counterpart Carlos Holmes Trujillo at Pentagon.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to visit Venezuela.

CHINA

WUHAN - Following global spread of coronavirus outbreak and efforts to fight it.

LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY

TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring initiatives to resolve Libya crisis as well as cease-fire process.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - African Development Bank to release African Economic Outlook.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkey's Treasury and Finance Ministry to release cash realizations for January.

ANKARA - Turkish Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry to reveal airport statistics for January.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Turkish basketball team Fenerbahce Beko to take on Israel’s Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

SPECIAL REPORT

India: Stage set for polls in Delhi city

By Shuriah Niazi

NEW DELHI, India (AA) - The stage is set for a poll battle in India’s national capital city of Delhi on Saturday, with the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party pitted fiercely against country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

SPECIAL REPORT

Top investor hails 2020 as promising year for Turkey

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - A top investors association head in Turkey has said the year 2020 will bring positive trends for the Turkish economy.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey bears fruit of branding: Furniture imports fall

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - As Turkey focuses on branding and institutionalization in exports in the last two decades, it achieved to reduce its furniture imports considerably, while seeing a rapid rise in exports.

SPECIAL REPORT

Istanbul cafe brewing the perfect cuppa for 111 years

By Idris Sulun

ISTANBUL (AA) - A 111-year-old cafe in Istanbul's historic Grand Bazaar is adding to its rich heritage.

SPECIAL REPORT

Partial internet access offers no relief to Kashmiris

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - The partial restoration of internet services in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has brought no joy to people in the blockaded region.

SPECIAL REPORT

French photog offers words of wisdom on eve of Istanbul awards deadline

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) - With the deadline to apply to Anadolu Agency’s prestigious Istanbul Photo Awards looming, a veteran war photographer and former jury member had some advice on the importance of editing photos, and other words of wisdom from his decades in the field.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Silencing Raed Salah meant to pave way for Trump plan’

By Ali Abo Rezeg

ANKARA (AA) - Israel’s endless bids to silence iconic Sheikh Raed Salah were meant to pave the way for declaring the controversial peace plan known as the “Deal of the Century” without causing internal opposition, said his lawyer.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish man’s 'self-quarantine' continues

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) - As international health authorities called on people who had been to areas affected by the deadly new coronavirus to isolate themselves for 14 days to check for symptoms, a Turkish man put himself under self-quarantine.