ANKARA
Here are the main stories that Anadolu Agency’s English News Desk will cover on Saturday, August 1, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA - Crimean Tatar groups from several countries hold two-day World Congress of Crimean Tatars.
ANKARA - Representatives of Justice and Development (AK) Party and Republican People’s Party (CHP) continue coalition government talks.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Experts hunt for wonder drugs in special Turkish garden
By Humeyra Atilgan Buyukovali
ISTANBUL - Turkey's first facility for medicinal plants -- located in a built-up city of 16 million -- is a haven for students and experts. “Nature is our first medicine,” says a student visiting Turkey's first garden for medicinal plants -- just one among an army of researchers and experts who come here to see hundreds of potentially life-saving species.
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INDONESIA
JAKARTA - Turkish President Erdogan leaves Indonesia and heads to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif in the Pakistani capital Islamabad after second leg of Asian tour.
JAKARTA- Government finishes building shelter for Rohingya boat people in North Aceh; expected to move in before August 10.
THAILAND
BANGKOK - Operation ongoing into violence in Muslim south that saw at least 18 people injured Friday when insurgents opened fire, hurled grenades and petrol bombs in Thailand's Muslim-majority Yaha district.
