GLOBAL MARKETS Asian stocks rebounded from a two-month low on Wednesday as data showing China's manufacturing activity in February expanded at the fastest pace in more than a decade cheered investors, offsetting fears over rising interest rates.
ERDOGAN SPEECH President Tayyip Erdogan will make a speech to lawmakers from his ruling AK Party in parliament (0900 GMT), with his comments expected to focus on last month's devastating earthquake and the elections scheduled to be held by June.
IYI PARTY Meral Aksener, leader of the opposition IYI Party, will give a speech to her party's MPs in parliament (0730 GMT).
ISTANBUL EARTHQUAKE PREPARATIONS Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu will hold a news conference to announce details of his mobilisation plan to prepare for an earthquake in Istanbul (1000 GMT).
MOODY'S Ratings agency Moody's revised its real growth projections for Turkey's gross domestic product (GDP) to 2.3% for 2023 and 4.0 for 2024, from earlier forecasts of 2.0% and 3.0% respectively.
SYRIA Two people have died of cholera in Syria's opposition-held northwest in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit the area, a source from the rescue force that operates there told Reuters on Tuesday.
DISINFORMATION LAW CONVICTION
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced a journalist to 10 months in prison for spreading disinformation, handing down the first jail term under a new law that critics say threatens free speech.
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