Presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkey is confident that an ongoing row with the United States will be resolved without sanctions and that economic ties between the two NATO allies will further be boosted, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said after his much-anticipated meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Osaka, Japan on June 29.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 1 that Turkey has always supported both domestic entrepreneurs and international investors, especially from Japan.

Turkey's business circle has welcomed the positive atmosphere of the meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump held on June 28, the head of a key business council said.

U.S. President Donald Trump said there will be no U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its decision to purchase Russian missile defense systems, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 29, hours after the two leaders held bilateral talks.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 26 said ties between Ankara and Washington are based on a strategic partnership and he did not get an impression of sanction from the U.S. President Donald Trump.       

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the G20 Osaka summit in Japan set for June 28-29, a U.S. official said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on June 20 said he did not expect the United States to impose sanctions on Turkey over its planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system and repeated that it was a 'done deal.'

Turkey will not be deterred by any cause to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 18.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated that concession on the procurement of S-400 air defense systems from Russia was out of question, in a statement he made after a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Tajikistan.

Turkey has the right to keep its troops in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 14.