Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, April 6, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Monitoring developments and results from March 31 local elections, including recounts in Istanbul and Ankara mayoral races.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency celebrates 99th anniversary. Director General Senol Kazanci to visit Anitkabir, mausoleum of founder of Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

ISTANBUL - Monitoring big switch from Ataturk Airport to new mega-Istanbul Airport

ISTANBUL - Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party spokesman Omer Celik to evaluate last weekend's local elections.

UNITED STATES

NORTH CAROLINA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet Turkish community in North Carolina.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI – Monitoring developments after Khalifa Haftar, who commands forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government, launches campaign to capture capital Tripoli, where the UN-backed unity government is headquartered.

ALGERIA

ALGIERS - Monitoring developments in Algeria in wake of aged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Time for rational alternative policies on Cyprus'

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet and Tugcenur Yilmaz

LEFKOSA, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (AA) - It is time for new and rational alternative policies on the Cyprus issue, according to an academic.