Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories)

TURKEY

ORDU - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend AK Party presentation of mayoral candidates for Black Sea province of Ordu.

COTABATO/ANKARA - Following developments ahead of Monday’s referendum to be held in Philippines to ratify Bangsamoro Organic Law, which will create Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

SYRIA

ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war in wake of U.S. decision to withdraw its troops.

YEMEN

SANAA - Monitoring developments in humanitarian crisis amid civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

‘All religious groups to benefit from Moro autonomy’

By Mehmet Ozturk and Faruk Tokat

ANKARA (AA) - The countdown has started for a plebiscite that will grant the Bangsamoro -- a collective term for Filipino Muslims living on an island south of the Philippines -- long-awaited comprehensive autonomy.

SPECIAL REPORT

Muslim group's assets in Greece being sold illegally

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet

ANKARA (AA) - The assets owned by a Muslim Turkish foundation on the Greek island of Kos are being sold off "illegally," the head of an NGO told Anadolu Agency.