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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a press conference after the 2025 NATO summit.
Relationship to Trumppresidential diplomatic counterpart

Timeline

  1. Trump congratulated Erdogan after a referendum that expanded presidential powerTrump congratulated Erdogan by phone on April 17, 2017 after the referendumcongratulated Erdogan after the power-expanding referendum · reported · 1 source
  2. White House announces a U.S. pullback after Trump's call with ErdoganWhite House announced the pullback October 6, 2019; Turkey attacked October 9presidential call preceding U.S. troop pullback · documented · 2 sources

    about 200,000 peopleCivilians reported displaced

  3. Trump administration imposes sanctions during Turkey's Syria offensiveSanctions imposed on named institutions and officialscounterpart whose government faced Trump-authorized sanctions · documented · 1 source
  4. Amnesty documents unlawful attacks and killings in Turkey's northeast Syria offensiveWatchdog findings; no individual adjudicationalleged · 1 source
  5. Trump hosts Erdogan for a White House bilateral meetingTrump and Erdogan met at the White House on November 13, 2019presidential diplomatic counterpart · documented · 1 source
Roles and relationships

Status

  1. Presidential diplomatic counterpartrelationship / 2019-11-13–2019-11-131 source · Source

Relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumppresidential diplomatic counterpart

    politicalFull record · 1 source
  2. Donald J. Trump

    congratulated Erdogan after the power-expanding referendum

    politicalFull record · 1 source
  3. Donald J. Trump

    counterpart whose government faced Trump-authorized sanctions

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  4. Documented civilian harm in the 2019 Turkish offensive

    head of government during watchdog-documented offensive

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  5. Donald J. Trump

    presidential call preceding U.S. troop pullback

    politicalFull record · 2 sources
Source: Phil Nijhuis / Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Rights/use: CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; derivative remains CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified: cropped and resized