ANKARA
Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015:
TURKEY
ANKARA – Justice Minister Bozdag attends AA Editor's Desk.
ANKARA – Deputy PM Babacan attends working lunch with ambassadors of developing countries.
ISTANBUL
Special report:
Istanbul college trains new European imams
By Tuncay Kayaoglu
ISTANBUL – “Islam condemns killing of a person. I would not defend the attackers.”
So says Yakup Uzun, a 24-year-old Turkish student, talking about the Paris murders last month. Wearing a cap and beard, Uzun, a son of Turkish immigrants to France, is a student of theology at Marmara University, Istanbul, which seeks to encourage a new generation of Islamic leaders.
EUROPE
GERMANY
LEIPZIG – Major anti-Islam rally is planned Friday by PEGIDA’s sister movement LEGIDA, as fears of anti-Islamic sentiment across Europe grow.
FRANCE
PARIS – Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek arrives for 3-day official visit.
PARIS – Validity of a same-sex marriage between a French and Moroccan man to be decided by French Supreme Court. Decision could pave the way for nationals from other countries to also marry in France.
STRASBOURG– European Court of Human Rights hears Armenian genocide denial case involving Dogu Perincek, Turkish national and Chairman of Turkish Workers' Party, found guilty of racial discrimination in Switzerland for describing so-called Armenian genocide as "international lie."
SWITZERLAND
BERN – Turkey's Deputy PM Bulent Arinc meets Turkish NGOs.
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS– EU anti-terror coordinator Gilles de Kerchove discusses EU's counter-terrorism plan at the Parliament.
POLAND
WARSAW – Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci meets Polish counterpart Janusz Piechocinski.
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger appears before Senate Foreign Relations Committee as some critics contend Obama has been cautious and ineffective.
WASHINGTON – Center for Strategic & International Studies holds discussion on “The Energy Market Impacts of Low Oil Prices: How Low? How Long?”
WASHINGTON – "Turkey’s Troubled Democracy and Foreign Policy" is focus of discussion at Wilson Center, DC-based research center.
WASHINGTON – Discussion on “Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide” at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Thomas de Waal discusses aftermath and politics of so-called "Armenian Genocide" and recent efforts by Armenians, Kurds, and Turks to come to terms with Turkey as it enters post-Kemalist era.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
IRAN
TEHRAN – Turkish Science and Industry Minister Fikri Isik attends meeting on industry in developing countries.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Institute for Race Relations to release report on police involvement in crime.
SOUTH SUDAN
JUBA – NGOs petition AU to release Commission of Inquiry report on South Sudan. Juba campaigns against release.
NIGERIA
PORT HARCOURT – Nigerian president visits opposition-governed Rivers state amid fears of political violence.
Special Reports:
Europe needs to decolonize, liberate itself: scholar
By Ahmet Sait Akcay and Rebecca Fasselt
PRETORIA – While the rest of the world has been decolonized, Europe has not, a senior researcher on Eurocentrism and the emergence of Islamism, believes."Europe needs to decolonize and liberate itself," Salman Sayyid, Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, told The Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview.
Tanzanian opposition to boycott constitution vote
By Peter Saramba Ongiri
ARUSHA, Tanzania – Tanzanian opposition parties have decided to boycott an upcoming constitutional referendum, vowing to mobilize the public to follow suit.
ASIA
TURKMENISTAN
ASHGABAT – Turkish FM Cavusoglu pays official visit to Turkmenistan.
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
JAPAN
TOKYO – Government convenes emergency Cabinet meeting, announces it has formally requested that Jordan’s king consider releasing convicted terrorist in exchange for hostages held by ISIL.
PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Reactions to the threat faced by the peace process in the southern Philippines following fatal battle between police and former rebels, and subsequent sacking of police chief.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE – High Court rules detention of 157 Tamil asylum seekers on board customs vessel for almost a month was legal.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA – National Search and Rescue Agency says search for victims of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 may be called off within week if additional bodies are not recovered.
