Diary

ANKARA

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend Veterans Day Ceremony at Bestepe People's Convention and Culture Center.

ANKARA - Erdogan to also receive Prof. Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa -- professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at California Institute of Technology and chairman of Machine Learning Consultants LLC.

ANKARA - Erdogan also due to meet U.S. companies' representatives in Turkey.

ANKARA - Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan to participate in press meeting to introduce Turkey’s local production logo.

ANKARA - TurkStat to release house sales statistics for August.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release figures of outstanding loans received from abroad by private sector for July.

ANKARA - European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) to release figures of new passenger car registrations in Europe for July and August.

ISTANBUL - 9th Istanbul Finance Summit (IFS'18) to be held under theme of "Trade Wars and Financing Industries" on Sept.19-20.

SERBIA

BELGRADE - Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu to meet his Serbian counterpart in Belgrade.

UK

LONDON - Pro-EU People's Vote movement to reveal Brexit report.

AUSTRIA

SALZBURG - Informal EU leaders summit to be held in Austrian city of Salzburg.

SYRIA

IDLIB - Following developments in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province after Turkey-Russia agreement.

SPECIAL REPORT

Boko Haram violence spikes in Nigeria's northeast

By Rafiu Ajakaye

LAGOS - In August, a report came out that appeared aligned with the official Nigerian narrative that says Boko Haram militants have been "technically defeated" in most parts of Nigeria's northeast region.