ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, June 8, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Religious Affairs head Mehmet Gormez, Council of Higher Education Chairman Yekta Sarac, Constitutional Court Chairman Zuhtu Arslan in separate meetings at presidential palace.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Arslan, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and head of National Intelligence Organization Hakan Fidan separately at Cankaya Palace.
ANKARA - Yildirim to host iftar dinner for families of martyrs, veterans at Cankaya Palace.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - General election, Prime Minister Theresa May hoping for overall parliamentary majority ahead of Brexit negotiations.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director James Comey to deliver public testimony to Congress following dismissal last month.
FRANCE
PARIS - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to attend Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe economics meeting.
KAZAKHSTAN
ASTANA - Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders to gather for annual summit on regional security, economic cooperation. India, Pakistan to become members.
EGYPT
CAIRO - Visit by King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa amid ongoing Gulf crisis.