Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, March 29, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lead rallies for Sunday's local elections in Tuzla, Pendik, Maltepe, Sultanbeyli, Cekmekoy, Umraniye, Beykoz and Sariyer districts.

ANTALYA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will co-chair the 7th Russian-Turkish Joint Strategic Planning Group Meeting with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. They will later hold news conference.

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce foreign trade statistics for February.

ANKARA - Information and Communication Technologies Authority to release communication services statistics for last quarter of 2018.

ANKARA - Ministry of Culture and Tourism to reveal number of arriving and departing foreigners and citizens for month of February.

ANKARA - Ministry of Treasury and Finance to release external debt statistics of Turkey for the last quarter of 2018.

ANKARA - Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency to announce banking sector's balance sheet data for February.

ROMANIA

BUCHAREST - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay will attend Romania-Bulgaria-Serbia-Greece quadruple summit as guest of honor.​ Oktay will later hold bilateral meetings.

UK

LONDON - British parliament is expected to hold vote on EU withdrawal agreement.

LONDON - Pro-Brexit groups to hold rally in front of parliament.

AUSTRIA

VIENNA - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to meet Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Vienna.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey local polls to be 'feast for democracy'

By Baris Gundogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey will go to polls on Sunday for local elections following campaign rallies and politicians’ addresses held in a democratic environment.