Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, July 13, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ceremony at presidential complex presenting Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim with honorary state medal.

ANKARA - Erdogan also to attend first meeting of presidential Cabinet at former parliamentary building.

ANKARA - Erdogan also to chair presidential Cabinet meeting at presidential complex.

ANKARA – Parliament's General Assembly to convene for first time since shift to presidential system of government.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump to visit defense facility with Prime Minister Theresa May.

LONDON - Trump also to hold separate meetings with Queen Elizabeth and May.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB / HOMS - Monitoring Syrian civil war.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - Turkish Ambassador to Ethiopia Fatih Ulusoy to hold press conference marking second anniversary of 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.

KENYA

NAIROBI - Turkish Ambassador to Kenya Ahmet Cemil Miroglu to hold press conference marking second anniversary of 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.

SPECIAL REPORT:

Nigeria: Gulenists can't be trusted, says Turkish envoy

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS - Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria Melih Ulueren has urged governments to monitor the activities of the Fetullah Gulen movement, saying mistaking it for a benign organization with no hidden agenda could prove costly.