Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

ANKARA - Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Cavusoglu to meet European Rohingya Council (ERC) representative Hla Kyaw in Ankara.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency Editor's Desk to host Finance Minister Naci Agbal.

ANKARA - TurkStat to announce labor statistics for June, foreign trade indexes for July and construction turnover and production indexes for the second quarter of 2017.

ISTANBUL - Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to attend Turkey-Kuwait Business Forum.

ISTANBUL - Health Minister Ahmet Demircan to meet Shehbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province, at the University of Health Sciences in Istanbul.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani for talks on bilateral relations, recent developments in Middle East.

BERLIN - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to pay first formal visit to Germany.

FRANCE

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron to host Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani for talks.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG - South Africans to protest violence against ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in front of Myanmar Embassy in Pretoria.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - Serbia and Russia to face off in EuroBasket 2017 semifinal match at Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome at 9.30 p.m. (1830GMT).