ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - Turkey marks 79th anniversary of death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey.
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Parliamentary Speaker Ismail Kahraman and opposition party leaders to lay wreaths at Anitkabir, Ataturk’s mausoleum.
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend Ataturk commemoration ceremony at Turkish Consulate General.
NEW YORK - Yildirim to meet Muslim community representatives, attend lunch hosted by Turkey’s UN Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu.
NEW YORK - Yildirim to meet Turkish community members.
NEW YORK – Yildirim to meet Bank of America Merrill Lynch officials.
VIETNAM
DA NANG - U.S. President Donald Trump to give speech expected to outline U.S. approach to Asia ahead of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
FRANCE
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to inaugurate World War I Franco-German museum.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Volker Turk to hold briefing on mission to Myanmar, Bangladesh.
LEBANON
BEIRUT - Tensions mount between Lebanon, Saudi Arabia after Riyadh orders citizens to leave Lebanon.
SOUTH AFRICA
SPECIAL REPORT: First Turkish library in South Africa set to open
By Hassan Isilow and Felix Nkambeh Tih
JOHANNESBURG (AA) - A Turkish cultural institute has announced it will open the first Turkish library in sub-Saharan Africa next month.