ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, May 3, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to conclude his talks in South Korea before returning to Turkey.
TURKEY
ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman to meet separately with Japan-Turkey Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group Head Ichiro Aisaway, Algerian People's National Assembly Foreign Affairs Chairman Abdelhamid Afif, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) to release inflation figures for April.
SYRIA
IDLIB/AZAZ/AFRIN - Monitoring Operation Olive Branch against YPG/PKK-Daesh terror groups.
RUSSIA
SOCHI - Ahead of June start of games, President Vladimir Putin to chair supervisory organizing committee of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.
SWITZERLAND
GENEVA - International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force to convene at UN followed by press conference with Jan Egeland, UN special advisor for Syria.
LAUSANNE - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to hold press conference following IOC Executive Board meetings covering topics such as anti-doping report and sanctions against countries.
SPORTS
MADRID / MARSEILLE - UEFA Europa League's semifinal second leg matches: Atletico Madrid vs. Arsenal and Marseille vs. Salzburg.
ISTANBUL - Monitoring developments regarding Turkish Cup semifinal second leg match between Fenerbahce and Besiktas, in which Besiktas refused to take the field.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Turkey's potential for Islamic banks 'very big'
By Diyar Guldogan and Jeyhun Aliyev
ISTANBUL - Turkey's potential for Islamic banks is "very big," according to a top official of a Bahrain-based international group representing Islamic finance.