World Bulletin / News Desk

TURKEY

ANKARA - Turkey marks 79th anniversary of death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey.

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Parliamentary Speaker Ismail Kahraman and opposition party leaders to lay wreaths at Anitkabir, Ataturk’s mausoleum.

UNITED STATES

NEW YORK - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to attend Ataturk commemoration ceremony at Turkish Consulate General.

NEW YORK - Yildirim to meet Muslim community representatives, attend lunch hosted by Turkey’s UN Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu.

NEW YORK - Yildirim to meet Turkish community members.

NEW YORK – Yildirim to meet Bank of America Merrill Lynch officials.

VIETNAM

DA NANG - U.S. President Donald Trump to give speech expected to outline U.S. approach to Asia ahead of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

FRANCE

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to inaugurate World War I Franco-German museum.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Volker Turk to hold briefing on mission to Myanmar, Bangladesh​.

LEBANON

BEIRUT - Tensions mount between Lebanon, Saudi Arabia after Riyadh orders citizens to leave Lebanon.

SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG  - A Turkish cultural institute has announced it will open the first Turkish library in sub-Saharan Africa next month.