Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Asimov at Beylerbeyi Palace.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani at Cankaya Palace.

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to chair Cabinet meeting at Cankaya Palace.

ISTANBUL - Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to attend Turkey-Uzbekistan Business Forum in Istanbul.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Turkey's lost generation out of Feb. 28 coup

By Ayse Humeyra Atilgan

ISTANBUL (AA) - Victims of Turkey's Feb. 28, 1997 “post-modern” coup say they expect a restoration of honor and reinstatement of their rights after 20 years of fighting for justice.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - 34th Session of UN Human Rights Council to begin. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas among speakers on opening day.

GENEVA - Geneva peace talks on Syria to resume.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Political reactions to alarming rise in attacks targeting refugees and refugee shelters, as recent statistics show more than 3,500 such attacks occurred last year in Germany.

KENYA

SPECIAL REPORT:

Elderly women master self-defense against rape

By Magdalene Mukami

NAIROBI (AA) - In Korogosho, one of the country's largest and most dangerous slums, elderly women push back against a wave of sexual assaults, learning to literally fight back with punches and kicks.