Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday Dec. 15, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ISTANBUL- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Uskudar-Umraniye metro line in Istanbul.



ISTANBUL- Erdogan also to attend literary Necip Fazil Awards at Lutfi Kirdar International Convention Center.



ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Senegalese President Macky Sall.



ANKARA – Yildirim to also attend a symposium on migration in Point Hotel.



ISTANBUL – Turkey's Central Bank to announce foreign investment position for October.



CHINA



BEIJING – Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.



GERMANY



BERLIN – Executive committee of Social Democratic Party (SPD) to decide whether to continue preliminary coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU bloc.



UNITED KINGDOM



LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May to attend EU summit where leaders are expected to announce sufficient progress has been achieved in first phase of Brexit negotiations.



​UNITED STATES



SPECIAL REPORT:



US' McMaster pledges cooperation with Turkey amid row



By Michael Hernandez and Hakan Copur



WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's national security advisor has vowed to remain in lockstep with Turkey in the fight against terror groups -- just days after his comments sparked a dispute with Ankara. -