Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Saturday, May 11, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend fast-breaking meal of Birlik (Unity) educational foundation.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS (TRNC)

ANKARA - Monitoring developments after TRNC’s coalition partner People's Party (HP) withdrew from government.

UK

LONDON - National Demonstration for Palestine to be held.

SYRIA

ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.

VENEZUELA

CARACAS - Monitoring political crisis after coup bid.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkish soaps, movies steal Hollywood's thunder

By Iclal Turan

ANKARA (AA) - For some American viewers, Turkish soap operas are so catchy that they have put Hol

lywood movies aside.

Political parties avoid wooing Muslim voters in India

By Iftikhar Gilani

ANKARA, (AA) - Muslims in India form nearly 14% of the country’s 1.3 billion population with the capacity to overturn results in 145 parliamentary seats. Yet political parties during the current poll campaign showed no enthusiasm to woo them fearing right-wing Hindu reaction.