ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Wednesday March 14, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address mukhtars -- heads of Turkish villages and neighborhoods -- at Presidential Complex.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim heads to Azerbaijan for official visit.
ANKARA - Central Bank to release summary of its Monetary Policy Board meeting.
SYRIA
IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN - Monitoring Turkey's continuing Operation Olive Branch against terrorist groups YPG/PKK-Daesh in Afrin, northwestern Syria.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to attend Russia-Turkey Joint Strategic Planning Group Meeting.
MOSCOW - Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus to attend opening ceremony of Yunus Emre Institute's culture center.
US
NEW YORK - Turkish Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to speak at 62nd Session of UN Commission on the Status of Women.
UK
LONDON - British PM Theresa May expected to announce steps that could be taken against Russia at House of Commons over Moscow's alleged links to attempted murder of ex-spy and his daughter.
SPECIAL REPORT: UK Muslims stress danger in Islamophobic letter
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal
LONDON (AA) – A letter that calls on people to perpetrate violent crimes against Britain’s Muslim community has caused controversy in the U.K..
SPECIAL REPORT: Egypt's Morsi no 'ordinary prisoner' British politician says
By Tayfun Salci
LONDON (AA) - Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi “is not an ordinary prisoner” and “if something happens to him in custody, there are likely to be wider consequences than simply just the fate of one prisoner,” Crispin Blunt, former chair of British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee said.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Parliamentary vote expected to elect Angela Merkel as chancellor; Cabinet also expected to be formally sworn in.
FRANCE
PARIS - Turkish Development Minister Lutfi Elvan to attend OECD meeting.
SPORTS
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency’s Sports Desk to host Turkish motorcycle racer Kenan Sofuoglu.
ISTANBUL - Turkish club Besiktas to host German side Bayern Munich in Champion’s League second leg game.