Civilization Center

After Turkish Foreign Minister announced that President Barack Obama "accepted in principle" to join President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in a trip to Maryland to open a mosque, a White House spokesperson has said there were "no presidential visits or travel to announce" at the moment.

The presidents of Turkey and the U.S. will open the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center in Maryland, Turkey?s foreign minister said April 19.    

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu, who was on a three-day visit to Washington, visited the center that also has a medium-sized mosque, and lunched with representatives from the American Muslim community.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu will visit Washington from April 18 to 21, during which he is likely to focus influencing the wording of the White House?s official commemoration on the upcoming centennial anniversary of the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians in 1915.