GLOBAL MARKETS Asia stocks posted gains on Tuesday, boosted by investor optimism that the region's central banks will continue to pause or end interest rate hike cycles, whatever action the U.S. Federal Reserve takes.
ERDOGAN SCHEDULE President Tayyip Erdogan will make a speech at a meeting of his ruling AK Party to announce the party's election manifesto and promote its parliamentary candidates ahead of the May 14 elections. (1100 GMT)
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION The Turkish Statistical Institute will announce industrial production data for February (0700 GMT).
TREASURY AUCTIONS The Treasury will tap a three-year fixed coupon bond maturing on Sept 2, 2026 and a 10-year fixed coupon bond maturing on Oct. 13, 2032.
OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Kemal Kilicdaroglu, opposition presidential candidate and leader of the main opposition CHP party, attends an election rally and other events in the northwestern province of Canakkale. (1030 GMT)
TURKEY-SYRIA TIES The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia, Iran and Syria may hold consultations in early May as part of Russia's attempt to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments, Turkey' foreign minister said on Monday.
U.S. DOCUMENTS' LEAK U.S. national security agencies are reviewing how they share their most sensitive secrets inside the U.S. government, and dealing with the diplomatic fallout from the release of dozens of confidential documents, three U.S. officials said. Turkey was one of the countries about which the documents revealed information.
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