Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, May 18, 2018 (coverage may change depending on (developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be held with attendance of large number of heads of states.

ISTANBUL - Mass rally to be held in Istanbul’s Yenikapi fairgrounds to voice support to Palestinian people.

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Yenikapi rally and OIC extraordinary summit.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release housing sales statistics for April.

ANKARA - Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) to release figures on established and liquidated companies for April.

SPECIAL REPORT:

'Turkey does a lot for European, Hungarian security'

By Nazli Yuzbasioglu and Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

ANKARA (AA) - Despite the many threats that Turkey is facing, it is still reaching out to help millions of people displaced by war, said Hungary’s ambassador in Turkey.

PALESTINE / US

JERUSALEM / WASHINGTON - Monitoring developments after U.S. Embassy's move to Jerusalem and Israeli violence against Palestinian protesters.



SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS - Monitoring Syrian civil war.



SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.



FRANCE

PARIS - France to host Ministerial Meeting of the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons. ​



RUSSIA

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel.