ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi at presidential complex. The duo also due to hold joint news conference.
ANKARA - Turkish Statistical Institute to announce labor force statistics for February.
ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to address students in Turkiye Scholarships -- a program offered by Turkey’s Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB).
ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to meet Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu and youth coming from different Turkish provinces and abroad as part of May 19 commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day.
ANKARA - Sentop to separately receive Angel Tilvar, chairman of Romania’s parliamentary committee on European affairs, and Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko.
BAYBURT - Search efforts continue to find missing Anadolu Agency correspondent Abdulkadir Nisanci who fell off cliff while covering news.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May to attend 'Christchurch Call to Action' on online terror in Paris.
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA - Monitoring developments after TRNC’s coalition partner People's Party (HP) withdrew from government.
PALESTINE
WEST BANK/GAZA - Palestinians to mark 71st anniversary of Nakba Day with demonstrations and marches across occupied West Bank and Gaza.
SYRIA
ALEPPO/IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
VENEZUELA
CARACAS - Monitoring political crisis after coup bid.
SPORTS
SIVAS - Ziraat Turkish Cup final between Akhisarspor and Galatasaray yo be held in central province of Sivas.
MANCHESTER - 2019 World Taekwondo Championships to begin in England.
SPECIAL REPORT
71 years since Nakba, Palestinians still long for home
By Ali Abo Rezeg
ANKARA – More than seven decades since their expulsion from historical Palestine in 1948, Palestinians continue to find new ways of pressing for their cherished right to return.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkish music teacher records traditional song, dance for posterity
By Sibel Morrow and Ali Murat Alhas
ANTALYA, Turkey - Music teacher Emre Dayioglu spends most of his time -- and money -- visiting remote villages in southwestern Turkey to document local music and dance in hopes of preserving it for future generations.