ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s provincial congresses via video link.
ELAZIG - Erdogan also to attend ceremony to mark first anniversary of Elazig earthquake and for delivery of houses built for victims, as well as inauguration of International Silk Road Center for Child and Youth Studies.
ISTANBUL - Turkey, Greece set to begin new round of exploratory talks to address issues related to Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean.
ANKARA - Following developments after pirates attacked, kidnapped cargo ship with largely Turkish crew off Nigeria.
ANKARA - Following latest developments in COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council to convene.
BULGARIA
SOFIA - Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy to meet Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Tourism Minister Mariyana Nikolova as part of his working visit.
US
WASHINGTON - House of Representatives expected to deliver article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to Senate.
WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold hearing on nomination of Antony Blinken as next secretary of state.
THE ECONOMY
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to release sectoral confidence index for January.
ANKARA - Turkey’s Central Bank to reveal capacity utilization rate in manufacturing sector for January.
SPECIAL REPORT
Threat to Indian constitution is real, say experts
By Cheena Kapoor
NEW DELHI (AA) - As India prepares to celebrate Jan. 26, the 72nd year of implementation of its Constitution, experts said the reason behind its success and longevity in a pluralistic country has been its secular nature.
SPECIAL REPORT
Solid showing in Turkish furniture exports despite virus
By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's buoyant furniture sector managed to maintain its strong export performance in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to industry experts.
SPECIAL REPORT
‘Any repatriation process must take Rohingya on board’
By Zuhal Demirci and Riyaz ul Khaliq
ANKARA (AA) – Rohingya community must be taken on board in any repatriation process to Myanmar and their basic rights including citizenship should be solved beforehand, the community leaders demanded.
SPECIAL REPORT
ANALYSIS - Neurotic anxiety, Islamophobic narrative in Europe
By Asli Nur Duzgun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Hate speech targeting Muslim minorities in hate narratives surfacing in Europe began to be directed toward the Islamic religion with a holistic perspective.
SPECIAL REPORT
ANALYSIS - Scenarios for future of Arab-Israeli 'normalization'
By Ceyhun Cicekci
ISTANBUL (AA) - As we often get caught in the flow of daily news, losing sight of a meaningful framework, it grows harder to identify events and trends that are a part of our globalizing world with technological developments.