Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, March 16, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/ breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - Following aftermath of Feb. 6 earthquakes in 11 southern provinces.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to host extraordinary summit of Organization of Turkic States at presidential complex, also to hold bilateral meetings on sidelines of summit.

US

WASHINGTON - Senate to vote on bill that would repeal both 1991 and 2002 authorizations for war on Iraq.

WASHINGTON - Senate Armed Services Committee to hold hearing focused on US Central Command, US Africa Command, attended by chiefs of commands, Gen. Michael Kurilla, Gen. Michael Langley.

NEW YORK - UN Security Council to discuss situation in Afghanistan.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz to address lawmakers about international issues ahead of next week’s EU leaders summit.

BERLIN - Scholz to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron to deliver speech on French diplomacy.

PARIS - Controversial legislation that would increase pension age from 62 to 64 to return to French lower house.

UK

LONDON - Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to visit Moldova, Georgia.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to reveal private sector's foreign debt for January and international reserves for February.

FRANKFURT - European Central Bank to share interest rate decision.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Fenerbahce to host Spain's Sevilla in last 16 second leg match of UEFA Europa League.

RWANDA - 73rd FIFA Congress to be held, with Gianni Infantino as sole presidential candidate.

SPECIAL REPORT

Passion for Turkish series propels Uruguayan TikToker to stardom

By Muhammed Enes Calli

ISTANBUL (AA) - An Uruguayan woman’s life changed when she discovered the Turkish series on Netflix in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.

SPECIAL REPORT

European countries legalizing Islamophobia, limiting religious practices of Muslims, says expert

By Rabia Ali

ISTANBUL (AA) - Countries in Europe are allowing hate crimes against Muslims by legalizing Islamophobia, and introducing laws that are banning or limiting their religious practices, according to an expert.

SPECIAL REPORT

Poland’s Tatar Muslim community on front line amid war in Ukraine

By Jo Harper

WARSAW (AA) - Mizar, a Muslim cemetery in Bohoniki, is less than a kilometer outside the small village in northeastern Poland. You pass the last houses, turn left along a track lined with trees. Behind the wall, between the trees, tombstones with crescent-shaped monuments begin.