ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Thursday, July 11, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA - President and ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with deputies at breakfast at party headquarters in the capital.
ANKARA - Erdogan to chair his party's Central Executive Committee meeting at party headquarters.
ANKARA - Turkey’s statistical authority TurkStat to release library statistics for 2018.
ANKARA - Central Bank to release balance of payments figures for May.
GERMANY
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen for talks on bilateral relations, EU, and international issues.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin to hold separate meetings with Kyrgyz counterpart Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Bolivian President Evo Morales.
MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to hold news conference.
SAINT PETERSBURG - 5th Russian-Turkish Public Forum, which aims to develop bilateral relations.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO - Bosnia to mark 24th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide.
SREBRENICA - Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu to attend events to commemorate genocide.
US
NEW YORK - The Network, documentary exploring dark world of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), group behind defeated 2016 coup in Turkey, to be screened separately both in New York and Paris.
SYRIA
ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.
SPORTS
ANKARA - Following 2019 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal matches as Ivory Coast to take on Algeria and Madagascar to face Tunisia.
ISTANBUL - Women's semifinals in Wimbledon tennis tournament.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Football: Turkish coach eyes Iran league title
By Can Erozden
ANKARA (AA) - Turkish coach Mustafa Denizli is targeting Iran's top-tier Persi̇an Gulf Pro League title this season with his new team, Tractor Football Club.
SPECIAL REPORT
Despite peace, displaced South Sudanese denied their homes
By Benjamin Takpiny
JUBA, South Sudan (AA) - A South Sudanese man has vowed not to leave the internally displaced people’s camps under the UN mission in the capital Juba.
SPECIAL REPORT
SunExpress to open 1st hangar in Antalya, Turkish coast
By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) - Marking its 30th anniversary, SunExpress, a joint venture of flag carrier Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, is set to launch a landmark hangar facility in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey provides skills to empower Ugandans
By Hassan Isilow
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) - Turkey’s state-run aid agency has trained hundreds of Ugandans with vocational skills to enable them start their own businesses and fight unemployment in the landlocked East African nation.
SPECIAL REPORT
Africa aims to get more girls to embrace STEM
By James Tasamba
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) - Education officials from selected Anglophone countries in Africa are meeting in the Rwandan capital Kigali to explore ways to get more girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
SPECIAL REPORT
Pakistan suffer from massive artifact theft
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Pakistan is just 70 years old, but it is situated in a region that has been home to centuries-old civilizations like the Mehrgarh, Indus, Valley, and Gandhara.