Turkey - Factors to watch on July 11

ANKARA, July 11 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Friday.

The lira TRYTOM=D3 traded at 40.1510 against the U.S. dollar at 0439 GMT, little changed from Thursday's close of 40.10.

The main BIST 100 share index .XU100 closed 1.61% higher at 10,331.31 points on Thursday.

GLOBAL MARKETS

U.S. and European stock futures dipped in Asia on Friday after President Donald Trump stepped up tariff threats against Europe and Canada, restraining an early rally in regional share markets.

PKK DISARMAMENT

A group of militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is expected to begin handing in their weapons in the northern Iraqi city of Suleymaniyah, marking the first step of disarmament as part of a peace process with Turkey.

FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a trilateral meeting between Malaysia, Turkey, and the ASEAN Secretariat on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

VICE PRESIDENT

Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz will attend a meeting of an economic forum between Turkey and the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Nicosia.

PARLIAMENT SPEAKER

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus will attend the opening of a Srebrenica memorial museum in Bosnia and attend a memorial ceremony there.

OPPOSITION

Ozgur Ozel, head of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), will visit his party's provincial headquarters and the municipality in the southern resort of Antalya, as well as the jailed mayor of the province. He will also hold a rally in Antalya against the months-long legal crackdown on the CHP. (1200 GMT) (1330 GMT) (1530 GMT) (1730 GMT)

Musavat Dervisoglu, leader of the opposition IYI Party, will visit jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and jailed journalist Fatih Altayli in prison. (0600 GMT)

CURRENT ACCOUNT DATA TRCURA=ECI

The Turkish Central Bank will announce current account data for May (0700 GMT).

LEGAL CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of a sprawling investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days.

AZERBAIJAN-ARMENIA PEACE EFFORTS

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan held substantive talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, their governments said, in what amounted to the most serious direct negotiations yet in a fitful process to end almost four decades of conflict.

NEW COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed on Thursday a new communications director, Burhanettin Duran, a deputy foreign minister who will take up a role aimed at keeping a tight leash on the mostly pro-government media.

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