Diary

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

TURKEY

SPECIAL REPORT: Erdogan to visit Poland to boost trade ties and investments

By Bahattin Gonultas

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's upcoming visit to Poland will boost trade and investment between the two countries, business leaders from both countries said.

SPECIAL REPORT: Turkey seen more accommodating than producing knowledge

By Ahmet Sait Akcay

ISTANBUL - A leading Turkish poet and intellectual said Turkey is more involved in accommodating knowledge than producing it, pointing to the slowness of intellectual activities.

SPECIAL REPORT: 'There is great need for a mosque in Athens'

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

ANKARA - Decrying how Muslims in Athens have no choice but to pray in unsanitary conditions in basements, a top Muslim cleric from Greece said there is a great need for a mosque in the Greek capital.

FRANCE

STRASBOURG - Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Eyup Sultan Mosque complex.

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Early parliamentary elections to be held in Austria.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Regional elections in northern German state of Lower Saxony.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL - The 53rd Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ends in Istanbul.