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Constitutional amendments that were recently accepted in parliament are expected to be submitted for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's approval by the end of the week, with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) hoping to conduct a subsequent referendum on the articles on April 9.

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Ankara on Jan. 28 for her first visit to the country since she took office in July 2016 and is expected to meet first with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and then with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will pay her first official visit to Turkey since she took office in July 2016 where she is expected to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in Ankara on Jan. 27. 

She departed for Turkey immediately after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on Jan. 26.

A state of emergency decree has listed fields that indebted Turkish companies can payback to at a stable exchange rate, which is significantly below the current free market rate, amid Turkish authorities' efforts to curb the rise of the U.S. dollar against the Turkish Lira.   

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has called on citizens to be cautious on social media, while slammed those who praised the Jan. 1 nightclub shooting that killed 39 people and wounded 65. 

An investigation has been launched into 347 social media users who posted in support of terror following the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul that killed 39 people and wounded 65, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş announced on Jan. 2.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has vowed there will be "consequences" for social media users who post in support of terror early on Jan. 2, following the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul that killed 39 people and wounded 65, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

A parliamentary commission investigating the July 15 coup attempt has directed 10 questions to Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, who was abducted by putschist soldiers during the foiled attempt before being saved together with other members of the top brass, according to broadcaster NTV.

The questions are as follows: 

- How did you learn about the coup attempt?

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's family has sent three trucks of food aid to the opposition-held city of Idlib in Syria, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The main opposition party has asked the Office of the Prime Ministry about a video released by the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which allegedly shows two Turkish soldiers being immolated, in a written parliamentary questionnaire.