President Erdogan meets US President Obama in Wales
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The two leaders agree to convene again in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly summit later this month.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the need for establishing an all-embracing government in Iraq and a political transition in Syria to scale down the crisis in the Middle East on Friday, Turkish presidential sources have said.
On the sidelines of a high-level NATO summit Friday, Erdogan and Obama also agreed to contribute to realization of a permanent ceasefire in Palestine.
In remarks to press while flying to Cardiff on Wednesday for the NATO summit, Erdogan said he would ask Obama for the deportation or extradition of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, whom the Turkish government sees as a national security threat.
Erdogan accuses the Hizmet movement led by Gulen of infiltrating the state and attempting to overthrow the government.
The new government led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu cites combatting the 'parallel state' -- comprising Gulen's followers -- as one of its goals in the recently-unveiled government program.
Erdogan and Obama had their first private meeting since May 2013, when Erdogan visited Washington as prime minister. They plan to meet again on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly beginning September 16.
Erdogan also held bilateral talks with several other state leaders, including U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, on Friday, the second day of the NATO summit.
On the sidelines of a high-level NATO summit Friday, Erdogan and Obama also agreed to contribute to realization of a permanent ceasefire in Palestine.
In remarks to press while flying to Cardiff on Wednesday for the NATO summit, Erdogan said he would ask Obama for the deportation or extradition of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, whom the Turkish government sees as a national security threat.
Erdogan accuses the Hizmet movement led by Gulen of infiltrating the state and attempting to overthrow the government.
The new government led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu cites combatting the 'parallel state' -- comprising Gulen's followers -- as one of its goals in the recently-unveiled government program.
Erdogan and Obama had their first private meeting since May 2013, when Erdogan visited Washington as prime minister. They plan to meet again on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly beginning September 16.
Erdogan also held bilateral talks with several other state leaders, including U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, on Friday, the second day of the NATO summit.
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