ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Sunday Dec. 17, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
KARAMAN - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's provincial head meeting and also inauguration ceremony.
KONYA - Erdogan to attend ceremony marking 744th anniversary of death of Islamic scholar and Sufi mystic Mevlana Rumi, accompanied by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
CANKIRI - Yildirim to attend AK Party's ordinary congress and also participate in ground-breaking ceremony for Kizlaryolu Dam.
KIRIKKALE - Yildirim to attend AK Party's ordinary congress.
ANKARA – Follow up developments after Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recognized East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.
SAUDI ARABIA
JEDDAH - Turkish Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to attend 2nd meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Advisory Committee for Women, on improving and strengthening women’s status in OIC member countries.
KUWAIT
KUWAIT CITY - Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet separately with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, and Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim.
TUNISIA
TUNIS - Tripartite meeting between foreign ministers of Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia to discuss developments in Libya, in wake of allegations of slave trading involving African migrants.