Cihan News Agency Diary

Cihan News Agency Diary

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Cihan News Agency latest on Saturday October 18, 2014

Here are the main Video News items Cihan News Agency aims to cover today

TOP NEWS

EXPECTED

NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY: John Bass, new U.S Ambassador to Ankara will arrive in Turkey. Bass will make explanations to journalist at Ankara Esenboğa International Airport.

TURKISH PRESIDENT /AFGHANISTAN: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay for a one day official visit to Afghanistan. Erdoğan will hold a meeting with new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Afghan capital city of Kabul.

EBOLA OUTBREAK: Dangerous Ebola outbreak, which is affecting western Africa also have spread out to Europe and The United States. Developments will be followed.

EXCLUSIVE/TAMGALY SAY: ‘Tamgaly Say’ is a petroglyph site in the Semirechye, Kazakhstan. In the site an ancient stone group , which depicted many figures showing ancient Turks way of life and also accepted one of the significant documents on Turkish history. The majority of the 5000 petroglyphs are in the main canyon, but there are a number in the many side canyons. The petroglyphs are mostly Bronze Age, but in some cases from the Iron Age and the Medieval.

OTHER DELIVERED

EU MINISTER/BRUSSELS-2: Any cooperation between Turkey and the Shanghai Five is “complementary rather than alternative” and Turkey's strengthened ties with the group of countries -- which is also known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) -- might add more to European Union, EU Minister Volkan Bozkır said in an exclusive interview with Deutsche Welle in Berlin.

SP LEADER/TURKISH GOVERNMENT: Felicity Party (SP) leader Mustafa Kamalak has said Turkey will experience trouble in the future with regards to the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks that were intercepted by the gendarmerie in Adana in January, allegedly loaded with weapons for radical groups in Syria.

DAVUTOGLU/PAKISTANI DELEGATION: Turkish Premier Ahmet Davutoğlu received Pakistani Trade Minister and accompanying delegation at the Prime Ministry headquarters in Ankara on Thursday.

EU MINISTER/BRUSSELS-1: Moving to Belgium after Germany, Turkish European Union (EU) Minister and Chief Negotiator Volkan Bozkır convened with European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stephan Füle in Brussels on Thursday.

RURAL WOMEN DAY/AFGHANISTAN: A fair was sponsored by the United Nations Developments Program in Afghanistan for women to sell handicrafts they make on the International Day of Rural Women.

KOBANI REFUGEES/ IRAQ: Within last few days some 6000 refugees from Kobane in Syria has arrived in Galiwan refugee camp in northern Iraq. Officials estimate at least 50 000 more are on their way.

LIVE LOOT/CCTV: Kandivli police nabbed two culprits with the help of CCTV footage.

EBOLA/SIERRE LEONE: With nearly 9,000 cases of Ebola reported and over 4,000 dead in West Africa, the United Nations is rallying to fight the deadly disease.

FUNERAL CEREMONY/CHIEF OF STAFF: A military ceremony was held at General Staff headquarters in Ankara on Thursday for Turkish military's 21st chief of General Staff, retired Gen. Doğan Güreş, who died at the age of 88 on Tuesday.

MILITARY DEPLOYMENT/TURKEY: A shipment of some military vehicles was delivered on Turkish side of border with Syria in Kilis province from Gaziantep on Thursday as the fierce clashes continue in the Syrian border town of Kobani.

CHINA DONATES FAO: Chinese Premiere Li Keqiang today announced a $50 million donation to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support the Organization's program of "South-South cooperation" to improve food security and promote sustainable agricultural development over the next five years.

BTK RAILWAY PROJECT: Transportation Minister Lütfi Elvan, who is currently on an official visit to Azerbaijan, stated that Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is not an ordinary transportation Project but a brotherhood and togetherness Project.

KOBANI PROTESTS/DETANEES: Police arrested 13 people and took them to the court on Thursday in charge of instigating people to resort violence during Kobani protests in Bursa province last week.

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Slug: TURKEY SYRIA BORDER
Event: Covering latest developments from the Turkish province of Hatay along the
Turkey Syria border.
Location 1: Hatay Yayladagi
Location 2: Gaziantep- Kilis

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BEIRUT: (Mobile & Studio) Cihan’s complete broadcasting and multi-camera studio with transport allows your firm to access developments in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - (Mobile): Follow the world from the middle of the world. Programming and TV access to Istanbul, a leading world city in art, culture, industry, media and transport.

ANKARA, TURKEY - (Mobile): Full programming access to one of the Asia’s leading capital cities and the workings of the Turkish government.

IZMIR, TURKEY - (Mobile): TV and transport access to Izmir, a city on the Aegean Sea and an important regional leader in the fields of Tourism and Trade.

KIRKUK, IRAQ-(Mobile): Mobile access to one of Iraq’s largest cities and a point of cultural dialog between Turkey, Iraq.

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