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ANKARA 

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet Chairman of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic plus Mustafa Akinci, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL – Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to meet Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif at Tarabya Palace in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL – Yildirim to meet Turkic Council Secretary General Ramil Hasanov at Ciragan Palace.

GABON

LIBREVILLE – Gabon holds presidential elections as incumbent Ali Bongo vies to extend rule.

AUSTRALIA

SPECIAL REPORT: Australia: French court ruling highlights burkini little more than modesty at the beach

By Jill Fraser

MELBOURNE – ‘Finally, they have listened to us’ - Anadolu Agency interviews Aheda Zanetti, the Australian inventor of the burkini.

SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE – Acrid smoke blowing from Indonesian forest fires again cloaks Singapore, sending air quality to officially unhealthy levels.

MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR – Capture Malaysian Official 1 – named after term used by U.S. Department of Justice in 1MDB legal suit – takes place in Independent Square, calling on PM Najib Razak to resign immediately.