Diary

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

TURKEY

ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend groundbreaking ceremony of Recep Tayyip Erdogan Complex at Marmara University.

ISTANBUL - Erdogan later to attend opening ceremony of Selahattin Kara Painting Exhibition.

DJIBOUTI

DJIBOUTI - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to attend opening ceremony of Abdulhamid Han II Mosque and Ambouli Friendship Dam.

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Minister Ersin Tatar to hold press conference.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Fridays for Future movement to hold protests demanding action on climate change.

BELGIUM

BRUSSELS - NATO secretary general to hold press briefing ahead of NATO summit set for Dec. 3-4.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Following second round of UN-facilitated Syrian Constitutional Committee talks.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolai Evtimov Mladenov.

UZBEKISTAN

TASHKENT - 2nd Informal Summit of Central Asian Countries.

ETHIOPIA

ADDIS ABABA - 8-nation East Africa security and trade bloc IGAD to meet and elect new chair.

NIGER

NIAMEY - Following Summit on Peace, Security, and Sustainable Development in Africa.

SENEGAL

DAKAR - Following protests of President Macky Sall's decision to hike electricity prices.

HONG KONG

HONG KONG - Following developments amid protests in wake of pro-democracy camp's victory in community-level elections.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Following anti-government protests.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Following continued anti-government protests.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following developments after Government of National Accord forces captured strategic Al-Fil oil field from pro-Haftar forces.

ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release Foreign Trade Statistics for October.

ANKARA - Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry to release number of arriving and departing foreigners and citizens for October.

ISTANBUL - Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency to release Banking Sector Statistics for October.

ISTANBUL - 10th Bosphorus Summit to continue with international participation of top officials.

ISTANBUL - Turkey 2023 Summit to discuss future strategies with the attendance of treasury and finance minister, environment and urbanization minister, national defense minister and trade minister.

LUXEMBOURG - European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to release unemployment figures for October.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dede Efendi: Legend of Ottoman classical music

By Busra Nur Bilgic Cakmak

ISTANBUL (AA) - Friday marks 173 years since the passing of legendary composer Ismail Dede Efendi, known by many as the father of Ottoman classical music.

SPECIAL REPORT

Habitat loss huge threat to jaguars: Experts

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Jaguars, the native apex predators in many areas of the Americas, are being threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, according to wildlife activists and advocates.

SPECIAL REPORT

Black Friday: 'Shop till you drop' said to hurt Mother Earth

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Today's Black Friday, marking the start of the holiday shopping season, is coming under fire for encouraging consumption, which leads to more fossil fuel use.

SPECIAL REPORT

On Solidarity Day, Palestinian rights remain usurped

By Mahmoud Barakat

ANKARA (AA) - More than 40 years have passed since the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was instituted by the UN in 1977.