Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

KAHRAMANMARAS - Following rescue and relief efforts after Feb. 6 twin earthquakes in southern Türkiye, also affecting Syria, other countries.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at presidential complex. He will later chair meeting of Central Executive Committee of Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to separately meet his counterparts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia and Jordan who will visit Türkiye to convey condolences over devastating earthquakes.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks on economy in state of Maryland.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to meet for consultations on Yemen.

NEW YORK - Sentencing expected for Payton Gendron who pleaded guilty in November to state charges over mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket on May 14, which killed 10 people.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO defense ministers to discuss international security issues.

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to meet Poland’s President Andrzej Duda.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin to hold meeting with government members, take part in opening new health care facilities and meet head of Noviye Lyudi political party.

MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to deliver remarks during Government Hour at State Duma plenary session on Russia’s current foreign policy issues and will answer lawmakers’ questions.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to host Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Paris.

SPORTS

BRUGGE/ DORTMUND - UEFA Champions League Round of 16 to continue with two matches; Club Brugge vs. Benfica, and Borussia Dortmund vs. Chelsea.

LONDON - Arsenal to host Manchester City in English Premier League.

SPECIAL REPORT

Greek volunteers rally to help quake victims in Türkiye

By Magda Panoutsopoulou

ATHENS (AA) – Hundreds of people have been mobilized in Europe to help people in Türkiye and Syria after two back-to-back strong earthquakes rocked both countries last week.

SPECIAL REPORT

Elderly couple lose all family members in earthquakes

By Mehmet Solmaz

KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye (AA) - Thirty years ago, Mahmut Sulayici built a family building in central Kahramanmaras, not knowing that it would collapse in an earthquake, killing his son, two daughters, a son-in-law and four grandchildren.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘First time in my life’: Russian rescue leader weighs in on scale of Türkiye quakes

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye (AA) – Expressing condolences to the people of Türkiye, the leader of Russian search and rescue team in the southern Kahramanmaras province said he had not seen disaster of such a “scale” in his life.

SPECIAL REPORT

Saudi aid for Türkiye to continue ‘as long as needed’: Envoy

By Mahmoud Barakat

ANKARA (AA) – The Saudi envoy to Ankara says the kingdom will continue its support for victims of last week’s earthquakes in Türkiye "as long as it is needed."