Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing / breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Following aftermath of powerful earthquakes which struck 11 southern provinces on Feb. 6.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to visit Virginia Beach, Virginia to discuss health care issues.

WASHINGTON - Newly created House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between US and Chinese Communist Party to hold its first hearing, entitled The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss political and humanitarian situations in Syria. It is also expected to discuss recent violence in occupied West Bank.

FINLAND

HELSINKI - Finnish parliament to vote on legislation ratifying the country's accession to NATO.

HELSINKI - NATO secretary-general to speak at the SAMAK Nordic Summit, meet President Sauli Niinisto, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit army’s Territorial Operations Command center.

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to meet her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release Türkiye's GDP figures for 2022 and Q4.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘Now is my time to repay:’ International scholars in Türkiye join post-quake operations

By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Rabia Ali

ISTANBUL / ADANA, Türkiye (AA) – Syafiq Mardi, 29, has just finished his meeting with friends in Singapore on a sunny Sunday.

SPECIAL REPORT

Quake relief from Finland arrives at Türkiye's Incirlik Air Base: Finnish interior minister

By Dilara Hamit

GAZIANTEP, Türkiye (AA) - Two aircraft carrying relief supplies from Finland have landed at Türkiye's Incirlik Air Base in the aftermath of the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaras province, according to the Finnish interior minister.

SPECIAL REPORT

Communication skills, training must for providing psychological aid to quake victims: Experts

By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Halil Ibrahim Medet

ISTANBUL (AA) – Psychological aid is as important as any other kind of aid provided to disaster-hit people, experts say in the aftermath of the Feb. 6 earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye.