Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Friday, March 22, 2019 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend emergency Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ministerial meeting to discuss terrorist attacks in New Zealand and rising Islamophobic violence.



ISTANBUL - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold joint news conference with OIC Secretary-General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen.



KONYA / AMASYA - Erdogan to lead campaign rallies in central Konya and northern Amasya provinces ahead of March 31 local elections.



ANKARA - Anadolu Agency's Editors' Desk to host Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Cahit Turhan.



BELGIUM



BRUSSELS - Second day of EU leaders' summit.



NEW ZEALAND



CHRISTCHURCH - Monitoring developments in wake of deadly terror attacks at two mosques.



SYRIA



ALEPPO / IDLIB - Monitoring developments in Syrian civil war.



SPECIAL REPORT



UK academics discuss what come next for Brexit



By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal



LONDON - With just a week left before the scheduled date of Brexit, talks are underway for an extension requested by British Prime Minister Theresa May for the U.K.'s divorce from the EU.



SPECIAL REPORT



Turkish classes give US students global outlook



By Umar Farooq



WASHINGTON - Working professionals come in after a day's work, filtering into the room and taking their seats, eager to begin another evening of learning Turkish. -